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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: "Paul Hoare" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <phoare7077@onet.pl>
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2017 14:40:56 -0700
Subject: [*INVESTMENT IN YOUR COUNTRY

Dear Friend,
 
Greetings
 
I'm Paul Hoare; I am a banker with a financial institution in United States and I am presently in the auditing and Accounting Department in the financial institution.   I am seeking your co-operation to present you to the bank head office as the official business partner to Dr. George Brumley our late customer who was a well-known philanthropist to many charitable causes worldwide. Late Dr. George Brumley was a retired American physician based in Atlanta, USA and he was involved in an air crash along with his wife and only daughter. Other family members who could have claim this fund also died along with him - you can confirm from the link below:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html.
 
I will present you as his official Next of Kin (Business Partner) since he didn't have a WILL & TESTAMENT. I want you to handle this business transaction with me and we have opportunity to claim and inherit the sum of $17.5 Million U.S Dollars (Seventeen Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States dollars) without any trouble from a dormant account which remains unclaimed since 2003 after the death of the beneficiary. This is a U.S Dollar’s account and the beneficiary died without trace of his family to claim the fund and no Next of Kin. I am compelled to do this because I would not want the bank to push my client's funds into their treasury as unclaimed inheritance. If you will stand as Next of Kin to the fund; Kindly indicate your interest by sending me your full data ; full name, age, marital status ,postal address, job/position; phone number ; You will be entitle to 50%  of the funds and the remaining 50% for me. Write me back if you think we can wo rk out this transaction, <
 
I guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. You should be rest assured that this is 100% risk-free also free from any breach of the law.
 
 
Further details will follow upon your positive reply.
 
Regards,
 
Paul Hoare*].
 
 
 
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