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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: "Mr. Ade Goodchild" <malenquer@igc.gulbenkian.pt>
Reply-To: edrstter@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2019 03:50:02 -0700
Subject: FUNDS DONATION TO YOU

My Names is Mr. Ade Goodchild From Hereford, Herefordshire, England. I want to share my good news with you and your family, I won £71,057,439 million lottery jackpot on 15/03/2019. I want to Donate to you and your family £1,000,000.00 GBP in my name. I want you to reach the public charity, orphanages because I know how hard it is to make bread everyday. Contribute to poverty reduction, public donations and help poor individuals in your community. I chose you because I believe in you. I need your full cooperation regarding this donation. This is not a joke and I need your 100% cooperation.

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