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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: Ricks David <tgred13@verizon.net>
Reply-To: riksdavvid@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:38:33 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Can I trust You ? Please Call Me +229 66 30 10 12





 

From  Mr. Ricks David
Chief Account Officer
Bank Of Africa Benin
Tel  : +229 66 30 10 12
 
 I'm an account officer to a German Citizen, Late Andreas Schranner, an engineer, Who died with his wife and two children including his wife's parents in a plane crashed on Monday, 31 July, 2000 killing all 109 people on board.
 
 Website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm  
 
 Mr. Andreas Schranner may his soul rest in peace, had $12,500,000 ( Twelve Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars Only)  (GBP) in the BOA LIMITED BENIN. since his sudden death I also observed that the bank has made frantic efforts to locate his relations, but all attempts failed.
 
 To avoid the board of directors taking advantage of the funds I conceived the idea of contacting you personally through your email address as reliable foreign partner to present you as the next of kin, whom the funds will be released to and I have mutually agreed to give you 40% of the total sum for your effort and assistance, 50% for me , while 10% would be for expenses from both sides.
 
 I am assuring you that this transaction is 100% risk free. Please if you are interested forward the following  to me and call me :
 
 1. Your Full Name
 2. Contact Address
 3. Mobile Telephone Number
 
 But if you are not interested, please for the safety of this transaction and that of my job, do delete all correspondense and never to disclose this to any one about me regardinmg this tramsaction.
 
 Thanks
 
 Sincerely Yours,
 Mr. Ricks David
 Call Me: +229 66 30 10 12

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