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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: "Lennard" <lensoul@blumail.org>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 15:48:03 +1100
Subject: RE: Consent



Dear Nobel friend , My Name is Barrister Lennard Soulemann, a Private lawyer to Late Eng. K. H. Cieslak, national of your country, who used to work as the Director of Oil &amp; Petroleum total Benin. On 31st of July 2010 my client and his family were involved in a car accident unfortunately lost their lives, my client had an account valued $32.5M (Thirty Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) deposited in Bank here in Benin Republic which he intended to use for the purchase of gold dust and cashew nuts before his demise.
With your consent, I wish to present you as the next of kin to my late client so that this amount will be paid to you as the beneficiary, thereafter, you and I will share it 50% to you and 50% to me. So please if you are interested, I need your reply to enable me send more details about this business to you.
Thanks and God Bless you.
Barrister .Lennard SoulemannLooking forward for your prompt responseRegards

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