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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Edula P. Reddy" <charles.makoun@gmail.com>
Reply-To: edpreddylaw@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 03:54:37 -0700
Subject: Business

Dear One

With all due respect, my name is Mr. Edula P. Reddy,
personal/representative of late Mr. Martin Ahuanti who died (4) years
ago in accident with his wife and their only daughter. He was one of
the biggest foreign contractors here in my country and before his
death, he has a total balance of $8,900,000.00 in his bank account
here.

As his legal representative, l have received several letters from the
bank to provide the legal heir of the deceased before his funds will
be transferred to the Government account as unclaimed monies. So I
decided to search for a reliable and God fearing person with the same
name to share this opportunity with me hence you were contacted ingood
faith.

To God be the glory, I have the privilege to present you as the
legalheir of my late client so that the funds can be legally paid to
youraccount for us to share and invest in your country. I am giving
you my word and 100% assurance that this business is completely risk
freeand all legal documents to back up our claim will be procured
accordingly.

Please l will like you to send me short listed information below
toenable me have full trust and give you more details on how we can
get this deal done within few business days.

1. Your full name
2. Contact address
3. Mobile number
4. Occupation
5. I.D/Passport Attached

As soon as I receive the above information from you I will then
sendmore details to you for us to proceed immediately.

Best Regards
Edula P. Reddy Esq.,

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