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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: Mason Davies <spam@beykoz.bel.tr>
Reply-To: <masondavies001@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2018 23:33:24 +0000
Subject: PROPOSAL

Good day, Please forgive my approach, I'm Mr. Mason Davies, a Bank Officer here in United Kingdom, London. I
have been in search of someone on how best we can assist each other. I believe it's fate for me to come across you now. I'm having an IMPORTANT and URGENT PROPOSAL I wish to share with you which I believe will interest and also benefit you and your family greatly, the interesting part of it is that it's risk free.

Reply me ASAP so I can elaborate more and trust me it's worth the time and you are not going to regret it one bit.


Have a nice day, looking forward to hear from you ASAP.

Best Regards
Mason.
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