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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: Johnson Ernest Laine <jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj5656@live.com>
Reply-To: <johnsonlaine@inmail24.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:53:57 -0700
Subject: Reply Asap(Your utmost attention is required)

Greetings,

How are you today ? I am Johnson Ernest Laine a UK based attorney to one Sgt. Mike Sanders an American soldier serving in the Military 3rd Infantry Division in Iraq. Firstly, I’d like to apologize for using this medium to contact you as it is my last option. I found your details in one of the online directories and decided to intimate you with a business transaction that I believe can change our lives.

During one of Sgt Mike Sanders night patrol duties, he stumble into a storage vault containing Cash amounting to $25,000,000 (Twenty five million USD) hidden in a secret place, mostly 100 dollar bills tightly tied in $1000.00 bundles.

To this effect,Sgt Mike Sanders,has mandated me to solicit your partnership in moving this money out of IRAQ IMMEDIATELY, as Iraq is a war zone and as a soldier, Sgt Mike Sanders has limitations to what he can do. All he needs is a reliable, trustworthy and competent individual that will act as the receiver.

We are planning on using one of Iraq's best diplomatic courier companies to ship the money out of Iraq and all we require of you is to help in receiving the money at your end. We are prepared to share this money 50/40/10 with you.That is 50% for us,40% for you and the remaining 10% for incidental expenses that might be incurred while trying to pull the deal through.

My utmost question is Can I trust you? If you are interested in this transaction and you know you are trust worthy and competent, do signify your interest by contacting me via my email:johnsonlaine@inmail24.com as it is very urgent and requires immediate attention.

I look forward to your message and shall furnish you with further details about the transaction.

Please note: Transaction of this magnitude is best kept a secret, until its successful execution. It is 100% risk free.

Thank you
Johnson Ernest Laine

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