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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: DERECK KENNY <dereckkenny123@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 13:01:50 +0100
Subject: Dear Friend, Please reply now with your information

Dear Friend,

My name is Mr.Dereck Kenny. I am the Director of the Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation. [NNPC] Offshore office in UK/IRELAND. In the course
of my supervision of our offshore payment to our foreign contractor's, I
discovered a whopping amount of $18.5 Million [EIGHTEEN MILLION, FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY] being inflated in one of the
contract awarded to a certain firm which is still floating at NNPC's
account. Please I will like you to partner with me to collect this money by
standing as the contractor and the beneficiary of this fund. I will
facilitate the release and the transfer of this fund to your bank account
by raising every vital documents that will guide the award and the
execution of the contract by you. Please if you are interested in carrying
out this risk free deal with me, respond back immediately with your direct
telephone number so that we start. Note that this deal will not take us
more than 10 bank working days to get this money to your account as long as
you follow my Guidelines and advise. I am waiting for your response.

Yours' Faithfully,
Dereck Kenny.

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