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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 VAN MAYOR" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mayor_van@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 07:23:24 -0700
Subject: REQUEST FOR INVESTOR

Good luck,

I am Mr. VAN MAYOR from Bradford England Uk, sitting as a financial advisory of my client ( Mrs Chung Hee-ja) who is willing to invest with huge amount of some millions of dollars in Real-Estates, Agriculture, Oil sectors or in any other good fruitful business.

She has advised me that once I get someone who has a good proposal that I should further with the person and strike up a lucrative deal. The issue is that my client lost her husband some time ago and due to the Arab religion and protocols, She was accused of a masterminding the plans that lead to the execution of her Late husband.

This is part of the husband's investment capital, which she is trying to Transfer to some offshore partner who can invest in a lucrative business, while she battles for her release. She is willing to give out 1% of these total Funds as token of appreciation to who ever that she strikes deal with and then invest the other part with the person and share 50% equity from the proceeds of the business to the Individual as well. Get back to me with your business plans and your full direct contact information's and i shall fully details you the way forward.

Yours Sincerely,
MR. VAN MAYOR.

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