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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: "Paul Dennis" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <feebsiortuw@dunflimblag.mailexpire.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2014 07:37:13 +1300
Subject: A Great Opportunity Waiting, Are You Reliable?

Strictly Private
From: Paul Dennis,
Metropolitan & Allied Bank,
Compliment of the day to you, I am disposed to write to you in my personal capacity with respect to a business, which revolves around my office. Though we have not met before neither have we talked on any mutual business as the case may be, Suffice it to say, I decided to initiate this correspondence on grounds that should you be willing to give me attention, I shall be obliged to transact with you on a profit oriented deal that I must guarantee you is straightforward, 100% risk free and quick in conclusion.
My name is Paul Dennis, with the foreign operations Metropolitan & Allied Bank. I wish to create your indulgence to ask for your interest and support in this deal of an over invoiced contract claims valued US$ 18.5 Million. It originated from an over-invoiced Gold Contract by a retired contract tender committee chairman (Now Late).
During request to have the contractors’ presence to sign a final contract fund release order in my office to enable telegraphic transfer (T.T) to his foreign bank account, I was meant to understand that he was among the independent foreign contractors trapped and killed in China quake disaster. I could not but conceal this information to myself.
You can verify from this link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7400167.stm
Now having discovered that the fund is from an over-invoiced contract, my view of contacting you for a continuation of the fund claims is to let the fund be diverted to you through International crediting to your nominated account or Automated card payment, since the claims is at the verge of payment (95% concluded). My office is not aware of this development and nobody has ever shown interest or come for the fund. If not claimed, it will be returned back to bank treasury as unclaimed.
On confirmation of the said amount in your account I will come over to meet with you for sharing of the money (30% to you for your role, and 7% to Orphanage and 3% to take care of the expenses incurred).
I await your urgent response in respect of the above.
Thanks for your anticipated cooperation and understanding.
Yours truly,
Paul Dennis.
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