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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Daniels Scott" <daniel_scott_jnr01@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: daniel_scott_jnr@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 04:09:16 -0500
Subject: SEARCH FOR A PARTNER

FROM: MR.DANIELS SCOTT JNR.
PO Box 709
London, KY 44703-189-8257
WWW.CVNB.COM
 
DEAR,
 
I AM MR.DANIELS SCOTT JNR,  BANK AUDITOR WITH THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY NATIONAL BANK HERE IN LONDON, UK. I AM WRITING THIS LETTER TO ASK FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE AND FULL CO-OPERATION TO CARRY OUT THIS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY IN MY DEPARTMENT WITH YOU.I WANT TO TRANSFER AN ABANDONED SUM VALUED AT £15.7M (FIFTEEN MILLION, SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS STELLING) BELONGING TO LATE MICHAEL ELDRIGE .A PETROCHEMICAL CONSULTANT, WHO LIVED AT TORTIHAMBRIGE, LONDON.UK.
 
HE DIED SINCE 1995. AND HIS ACCOUNT HAS BEEN LEFT DORMANT EVER SINCE HIS DEATH. WITH NO NAMED BENEFACTOR TO THE FUND. THE MANAGEMENT AND THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT OF OUR BANK IN A RECENT MEETING HELD LAST WEEK, RECOMMENDED THAT THE ACCOUNT OF MICHAEL ELDRIGE, SHOULD BE DECLARED DORMANT, CONFISTICATED AND THE DEPOSITOR'S FUND TRANSFERED INTO THE BANK'S TREASURY ACCORDING TO CUMBERLAND VALLEY NATIONAL BANK, BANKING AND FINANCIAL LAW.
 
HOWEVER, BY VIRTUE OF MY POSITION AS CIVIL SERVANT AND MEMBER OF THIS BANK, I CANNOT ACQUIRE THIS MONEY IN MY NAME. THEREFORE; I SINCERELY SOLICIT YOUR CO-OPERATION AS A MATTER OF TRUST TO PRESENT YOU AS A DISTANT RELATION TO LATE MICHAEL ELDRIGE, IN ORDER THAT OUR BANK WILL APPROVE THE SUM TO YOU AS RIGHTFUL BENEFICIARY.
 
YOU WILL BE GIVEN; 35% AS YOUR MANAGEMENTS FEES, 60% FOR ME 5% TO BE USED AS RE-EMBURSEMENT OF ALL LOCAL AND FOREIGN EXPENSES INCURRED IN THE COURSE OF THIS TRANSACTION.THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% SAFE AND RISK FREE. I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL NOT LET ME DOWN WHEN YOU RECIEVE THIS FUND INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT IN YOUR COUNTRY. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, I ADVISE YOU SEND YOUR REPLY AND INCLUDE YOUR MOBILE PHONE NUMBER SO THAT I CAN CALL YOU FOR MORE DETAILS THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND WILLINGNESS TO COOPEARTE WITH ME. 
 
I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE SOON.
 
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
DANIELS SCOTT JNR (MR.)


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