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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: Miss Anna <yusi_b3@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Miss Anna <aegobundi@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 07:40:25 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: A Cry for Help,




 
A Cry for Help,


I am writing this letter in confidence believing that if it is the wish of God for you to help me and my family, God almighty will bless and reward you abundantly and you would never regret this.
I was a female student from University of Sudan before the ugly incident and I want to go back to my studies because I only attended my second year before the tragic incident that lead to my being in this situation now took place. I am 23 yrs old. I am like any person who can be caring, loving and home oriented despite the fact that I am from royal family. I will love to have a long-term relationship with you and to know more about you. I would like to build up a solid foundation with you in the future if you can be able to help me in this transaction.


Well, I am Miss Anna Egobundi. My father died earlier July with his junior brother and left me and my junior brother behind. He was the Adviser to the Sudanese President, My father was a distinguished figure in Sudan, when my father was alive he had previously held the positions of governor of Khartoum, agriculture and information minister. They were killed in the accident in northern Sudan on July 20th, 2008.


I was a princess to him and I am the only person who can take care of his wealth, because my junior brother is still young. Our father left the sum of ($ 9.5 Million Dollars) in a finance company abroad.
I kept this secret to people in the refugee camp here where I am now, the only person that knows about it is my brother because this money is one of the main purpose of our moving out from our country after the burial of our father we came to Republic of Côte d'Ivoire to seek asylum.


I need you to stand as our late father foreign partner to enable us claim the deposit from the finance company, so that you can assist us invest the money in your country, we urgently need your kind assistance to move this money from the finance company to your bank account.


We are ready to offer you 35% of the total sum after you help us claim the inheritance.
Yours sincerely,
Miss Anna Egobundi.

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