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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: "Barr. Stephen Ken" <steve.kenn@yandex.com>
Reply-To: <barrstephenken@yandex.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 03:34:30 -0700
Subject: important notification...

>From Barr Stephen

Sorry for the inconveniences that was rendered to you in your line of Inheritance/Lottery/Contract Payment transaction with some West-African officials some while ago. Without taking much of your time, my name is Barrister Stephen Ken, the appointee/representative Attorney to the UN on all beneficiaries inheritance / and scam victims and contract delay payment. My duty is to find the remount cause of none payment of beneficiaries fund and finding lasting solution to settlement to all beneficiaries

I was appointed Attorney in other to avert further scam and also to correct unnecessary delays of beneficiary’s funds transfer in all West African countries.

So far, I have succeeded in Settling the case of (Mrs. Ann Keyser, Mr. Edward Drake, Mr. Walter Howell Jr) which I have also have a rich complimentary from the UNO

Two weeks days ago, the Presidency and The Federal Executive Council collectively agreed and budget us$250 million to be paid to all the scam Victims and all the delayed payment where you are entitled to received sum of Us$3.5 Million which will be wired to you through Citibank of New York as your e-mail appears in our central system.

I am however surprise you instructed Mr. Robert Jason to contact me as your representatives to collect your funds on your behalf that you are not feeling fine, below is the account information which he forwarded to me.

Bank Name: Bank of Canada.

234 Wellington Street

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

K1A 0G9,

Acct #: 3573813158

Rout #: 32227162

Swift code #: Cb6022Cw

Beneficiary: Mr. Robert Jason.

Since you have sent your representatives to us, kindly give us the authority and power of attorney authorizing your funds into the above Bank information in Canada as stated above.

I await your immediate response.

Yours Faithfully,
Barr. Stephen Ken.

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