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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: "Barrister Trueman Merril Ekstedt" (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2017 14:19:15 +0100
Subject: Re: I am waiting for your response

Sir, I'm Trueman Merril EKSTEDT, Private lawyer to Late Mr. Anders Kovacevic, a national of your country, who used to work as the Director of petroleum products total Benin, My late Client your Uncle passed away on October 18, 2010 as a result of Flooding in Benin Republic, my client had an account valued at about Eighteen Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars (18.5 Million) deposited in Bank. These huge deposits were lodged particularly, with the "INDUSTRIAL BANK OF BENIN WEST AFRICA (INDBEN)" I seek your assist just to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you have the same citizenship with him. To enable us proceed send me your information as below so that I will send more details about the business. Your Full Name....... Your private email... Your Address......... Your Age............. Your Occupation...... Your Telephone Number...... Please contact me via e-mail ( ) The bank is ready to execute this business without any further delay, get back to me as soon as you can. With Regards Barrister Trueman Merril Ekstedt President,Trueman Chambers & Associates United States Of America(USA) Address : 111 W State St #700, Rockford, IL 61101 Telephone :+1 707-651-6776

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