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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: "DR MIKE WYNN" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <drmikewynn@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:44:47 -0500
Subject: TRANSFER UPDATE

Bank of America Corporation
5 Canada Square, London E14 5AQ,
United Kingdom.
Contact Person, Dr Mike Wynn
Tel +44-702-405-1676
Tel +44-702-403-5557
Tel +44-702-405-8786
Email:drmikewynn@hotmail.com
www.bankofamerica.com



Attention: Sir/Madam



I am Mr. Mike Wynn

Executive Director of Operations Bank Of America London Branch.
An American named Mr. Avray Kay a business man made a numbered fixed deposit of 49,250,000.00 HKD = 3,188,433.288 GBP for 18 calendar months; this is valued to our Bank. Upon maturity several notices was sent to him, even during the war, Five years ago (2008). Again after the war another notification was sent and still no response came from him. We later found out that Mr.AVRAY KAY and his family had been killed during the war in bomb blast that hit their home at Mukaradeeb where his personal oil well was.

My proposal, I am prepared to place you as the next of kin in a position to instruct the Bank Of America to release the deposit to you as the closest surviving relation. Should you be interested please respond with the below details as stated immediately and more details via my direct email address drmikewynn@hotmail.com.

Full Name/Present Address/Age/Sex/Tel/Fax/Marital Status/Occupation
I await your response.
DR MIKE WYNNE
Executive Director of Operations Bank of America London Branch.


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