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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: "ekiberezo@yahoo.de" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <nouraz2001@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2014 21:11:49 +0400
Subject: I want to propose something to you.

Hello, I am Ekaterina, the daughter of the late Russian oligarch Mr. Boris Beresovsky from Russia who died in Mar. last year, please will you agree working thing out with me in a secret terms because if the British authorities find out about this it will be a legal battle as they allege that my late father accumulated a lot of debt totaling £300 million pounds and declare all his estate insolvent which I know it’s all lies to take over all his wealth, the reason I am contacting you is because I contacted a company in UAE few days ago where my father did some businesses to claim my late father’s investment funds totaling the sum of $62,867,621,00 after I discovered the documents in his private library and they ask me to come forward with one of my father's attorneys but I don't want to go to UAE or tell any of my father's attorney to avoid leaking it to the British authorities who will seize it for debt saying owed by my father before his death,
though I told the company that I will ask my father's attorney or business partner to represent me as the executor to contact them and possibly go there in Dubai to sign as my guarantor and claim the money, but the problem I have now is that I don't want to tell any of my father's attorneys about this funds in investment in that company in UAE because they will leak it out I don't have the assurance of that due to recent experience I had with them while in the court cases for my father’s estate in UK and other European countries and I know it will be seized as done to others, I want to present you as one of my father's attorney or business partner to the company and you will go there and sign as my guarantor and they will transfer the money into your bank account on my behalf and we will meet in Peru and you will take your percentage. Please if you will do this favor for me let me know.
 
Thanks.
Ms. Berezovskaya

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