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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: Gordon Foster <gordonfoster1961@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 19:54:09 +0000
Subject: NOTIFICATION OF BEQUEST


NOTIFICATION OF BEQUEST

My
name is Mr. Gordon Foster. I am the Personal Assistant to the great
Atlanta Physician and Philanthropists Mr.George Brumley. On behalf of
the Trustees and Executor of the Estate of the beneficiaries of his
estate. He left the sum of Five Million One Hundred Thousand
Dollars(USD$5,100.000.00) to you. This may sound strange and
unbelievable to you,but it is real and true.

Late Mr.G. Brumley
and all his family were among the victims that died in a charter plane
crash. I wish to notify you that late George Brumley made you a
beneficiary. The flight crashed into the snow-capped,16,355-foot Lenana
Peak on Mount Kenya destroying the entire plane and killing passengers
on board. Late George Brumley died on the month of July 2012 at the age
of 68. You can see details of his death in the CNN link below:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/ africa/07/20/kenya.crash/ index.html

He
was a widely traveled man and devoted most of his time and wealth to
charity and humanitarian work. His great philanthropist works is well
known and recorded all over the world. He must have been in contact with
you in the past or you were nominated to him in his vision to expand
the Charity works. Simply put, he was a very dedicated Sufis and
Christian who loved to give out. His great philanthropy earned him
numerous awards during his life time. In dedicating this funds to you
and other beneficiaries, he instructed that you are to use part of the
funds to promote his legacy through activities that aims to help the
old, poor, needy and disabled in the society. Late Brumleys' legacy is
the love of charity.
Please If I reach you as I am hopeful, endeavor
to get back to me as soon as possible so we can start processing the
release of the funds to you. You are to reply me immediately providing
the following information:
1.Your Full names.
2.Valid Contact address.
3.Contact Telephone and fax numbers.

Yours In Service,
Mr. Gordon Foster.(ESQ).
14 York Road,Ilford Essex,
IG1 3AD London, England.

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