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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. Swansea Paul"<dr.swanseapaul@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 13:10:53 +1100
Subject: Our Proposal for the New Year


Hello Dear I am Dr. Swansea Paul an Engineer with Exxon Mobil in Londonhttp=
://www.exxonmobil.co.uk). I got your contact address from an associate work=
ing with the British Export Promotion Council. Before i continue, let me st=
ress that I am NOT contacting you for financial assistance. I and my collea=
gues are officials in charge of offshore remittance in this establishment. =
We are seeking your assistance to move of [GBP =A335,000,000.00] THIRTY FIV=
E MILLION POUNDS STERLING] to your account/country for further private inve=
stment. Please note that the nature of your job/business does not matter an=
d you will be better informed when I hear from you. This amount accrued fro=
m an over-invoiced contract amount for the construction of an Oil Refinery =
Sub-stations in east London in 2005 to expatriate companies. The contract w=
as originally valued for One Hundred and Twenty Seven Million Pounds Sterli=
ng (=A3127,000,000.00), but we manipulated the figure to read One Hundred a=
nd Sixty Million Pounds Sterling (=A3162,000,000.00). The extra =A335,000,0=
00.00 is what we want to move to your account for our own personal use. Thi=
s contract has been completely executed and the original contractors have b=
een paid their entire contract sum. We have agreed to remunerate you with 3=
0% because it is impossible for us to claim the amount here in London witho=
ut foreign collaboration. 10% has been mapped out for any miscellaneous exp=
enses incurred by either party during this business such as taxation in you=
r country upon arrival of the funds into your account, and 60% for my colle=
agues and myself. All modalities to move this money have been worked out. T=
his transaction is 100% risk free but requires 100 percent confidentiality.=
This is a golden opportunity, which must not be allowed to slip out of any=
careless acts and utterances. We chose you for this transaction because we=
believe that good friendship can be discovered and businesses such as this=
cannot be realized without trust. You can be rest assured that your securi=
ty has been considered before you were contacted. I will let you have the d=
etails in my next message, but in summary, the fund would be moved to you f=
rom the financial institution where it is presently deposited as soon as yo=
u agree to participate and receive this funds on our behalf. Upon the recei=
pt of this message, feel free to send to me the following to enable us star=
t the process: (1) Your Full Name (2) Complete Address (3) Telephone (4) Pr=
ofession Thanks and best regards in anticipation of your response. Best Reg=
ards, Dr. Swansea Paul Esso UK Limited, registered in England under company=
number 1589650, ExxonMobil House Ermyn Way Leatherhead Surrey, KT22 8UX . =
Tel: +447024038815 Email: dr.swanseapaul@outlook.com

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