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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Frank" <frank_meety2008@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 14:05:52 +0400
Subject: Do Get back to me

Dear Friend,

Got your e-mail on the internet on a search for whom to handle this transaction perfectly with me, I decided to send you this e-mail for my proposal. I am a trained Chemist and a Top official in the Iraqi Printing and Minting before the war broke out. I was hired by the late Saddam Hussein and his military officials (team), in the chemical re conversion of US dollar bills that was brought into Iraq under hidden circumstances by powerful Arab Nationals who where out to give financial support to the late Saddam Hussein's war against the USA. This smuggling of money was carried out by the then Saddam Hussein military officials and influence. The said dollar bills are presently in the form of BONDED re-tractable negative 156.01 Mint Stage, the US Dollar bills were deliberately defaced by the Military Officials to elude detection at airport check points, scanning and facilitate the importation into Iraq.

It was during this period a bomb hit the villa where the Military officials who hired me for Saddam Hussein where holding their meeting, and following the struck by the bomb they all died and the protected boxes containing the total sum of Sixty Million Dollars
(US$60,000,000.00) awaiting re conversion were abandoned in my custody by the late military officials. Saddam Hussein until his death believed that the boxes where destroyed along side his military top officials.

As a result of this, I now have in exclusive control a total sum of Sixty Million Dollars
(US$60,000,000.00) US Dollar Bills in Cash, this transaction is fact known to only me and as such it must be kept confidential just between the both of us. The Sixty Million Dollars (US$60,000,000.00) US Dollar Bills in Cash defaced, now needs only a chemical re conversion to grade A1 135 Neon Proof Mint Stage so the bills can valid, recognized and used in the money market once chemically processed.

For us to be able to Chemically reconvert this bills, first the bills has to be moved out of Iraq through very diplomatic secured means to a near by country where the bills chemical
conversion process can be done at ease. I shall give you 35% (US$ 21, 000,000 Twenty One Million Dollars) of the total Sixty Million Dollars (US$60,000,000.00), 5% shall be kept aside for expenses (US$3,000,000 Three Million Dollars) and I shall have 60% (US$36,000,000 Thirty Six Million Dollars).

For us to commence with this transaction, kindly respond to my e-mail notifying me of your interest so I can give you further instructions and procedures about this transaction. This transaction should be kept confidential at all times because I am presently working with the financial body of Iraq and I would not want the leakage of this information to jeopardize my present work.

Mr. Frank Hamilton


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