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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: "CONFIDENTIAL PROPOSAL" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jbjerrybrown163@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:10:18 +0800
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL PROPOSAL

Dear Sir/Madam,

My name is Jerry Brown and i work with the Investor's Centre of the Chinese/Hong Kong Stock Exchange Group Plc. I have for some years now been dealing with some unclaimed shares running to the tune of Four Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars ($4,500,000.00)And recently, my boss secretly decided to sell it off with the intention that the two of us will make use of the funds for investment outside the stock house.

Just recently an American investor paid for the unclaimed shares in Dollars and the cash has been received and saved for safekeeping to a security vault as family's "Personal Effect" for onward movement outside the Country but unfortunately, my boss passed away two months ago and the family has read his last testament (His Will) without mentioning anything about this cash left in the Vault. So at this point, i was the only person that knows about this deal and where this money is kept right now.

Aboveall, since i cannot do it alone i contacted my late Boss's wife and told her all that transpired while her husband was alive, as i am the only trusted partner who knows about this money. Base on my honest approach to her, she has given me the go ahead to make contacts and ensure i get a trusted person/partner overseas who will assist us to receive this fund for further investment for the benefits of party(s) involved, this she said will help her family and to pursue her late husband's dream and intentions.The total amount when converted to dollars is equvient to Four Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars ($4,500,000.00) and this amount is still available with the Security Vault.

Indicate your interest by e-mail and send the following details (Full name, Home address, Telephone/Cell phone numbers) to enable us forge ahead.

You will be given 35% of the total sum for your assistance and role.

Yours Truely,
Jerry Brown.

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