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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: info@tsdenisov.ru
Reply-To: jonesandremba@outlook.com
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2017 00:13:11 +0530
Subject: Hello

DEAREST ONE,
I am writing this mail to you with tears and sorrow from my heart. With due respect trust and humanity, i appeal to you to exercise a little patience and read through my letter i feel quite safe dealing with you in this important business having gone through your remarkable profile, honestly i am writing this email to you with pains, tears and sorrow from my heart, i will really like to have a good relationship with you and i have a special reason why i decided to contact you, I decided to contact you due to the urgency of my situation, My name is Jones
My father was Gabon opposition leader Andre Mba Obame by name, He died on April 12,2015.After the burial of my father, my stepmother and uncle conspired and sold my father`s property to an Germany Expert rate which the shared the money among themselves and live nothing for me. One faithful morning, I opened my father`s briefcase and found out the documents which he have deposited huge amount of money in one leading Firm with my name as the next of kin.
I have chosen to contact you after my prayers and I believe that you will not betray my trust. But rather take me as your own brother. Though you may wonder why I am so soon revealing myself to you without knowing you, well I will say that my mind convinced me that you may be the true person to help me. More so , I will like to disclose much to you if you can help me to relocate to your country because my stepmother have threaten to assassinate me. The amount is( $11.8 USD)Million United State Dollars.If you are interested to help me, please reply back for more information.Sincerely.Jones Andre Mba Obame.

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