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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: <nelson@rawabi.com.sa>
Reply-To: <leonnfredh@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 23:32:27 -0700
Subject: Re:

I present myself as Mr. Leon Fred Herbst; a South African citizen . A director in the Account Management department, who oversees the bank's financial network

I'm asking for your permission to present you at our bank, as my customer manager * Frau Surti Dahlia *, a German-Dutch Tourism/businesswoman and widow from the Netherlands, died on the MH370 Malaysia aircraft

So we can raise eight million five hundred thousand Dollar in their funds

Please contact me, we can legally shift this amount if interested.
Thank you very much

Best regards
Mr. Leon Fred Herbst
(Director) Institute for International Systems.
Accounting,
Monitoring of financial networks,

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