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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: "barr.markkoffi42@gmail.co" <barr.markkoffi42@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2012 08:58:29 -0500
Subject: =?us-ascii?Q?Adobe_Reader__description=2C_Browsers_&_Clients_Down?=
=?us-ascii?Q?loads_List_By_All_Time_Popularity_|_PCWorld?=

Hi,

Dear Irfan, I am Barr Mark koffi a legal practitioner, I am the personal attorney to Mr.D.Irfan, a contractor and businessman. On the 1st October 2009, our deceased customer,his wife and their only daugther were involved in an automobile accident and It was unfortunate that our deceased customer and his family all lost their lives in an accident. please try as soon as possible to send me your email address different from the /google.com/contact to (.................) inorder to enhance effective communication and details on the above matter. Inrespect for the claim of his Estate/Fund valued(usd$12.7Million)left behind before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Finance Firm. Best Regards Mark koffi,(Esq) Tel: 00228 991 461 80. Principal Attorney, Lome Togo. Email:............

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