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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: "© Lloyds TSBank" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <aaaaj44444tbs@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2015 11:38:05 -0400
Subject: "High Priority Message"Read carefully and Call Me Back

Dear Sir/Madam,
Greetings,
 
I am Mr. Harrison Allan  External Auditor of our bank, I am in search of an agent and I hope you can
assist us in the transfer of 28,000,000.00 GBP (Twenty Eight Million British Pound Sterling) and
subsequent investment in properties and trading in your country.
Please note that this money originated from the deposit left behind by our late customer who died in
a plane crash  along with all his entire family aboard Afriqiyah Airways thus"the tragic loss" of
flight 8U771 on May 12th, 2010 and all our effort to trace any of his surposed relatives have proved
abortive hence this mail.
You can view the tragic insident via this link:- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8676758.stm
If you are willing to collaborate with us in the transaction, your share will be 40% and 60% for us.
pleased indicate your interest by return mail and include your confidential phone and fax numbers to 
enable me furnish you with further information and full details on the procedures on how the funds will
be transferred or made available to you.
Please, upon receipt of this mail let me have your quick response via my private email: aaah.allan@yandex.com
and call me through my direct telephone line; Tel. No: +447031969108.
 
Waiting for your urgent response.
My Regards
Mr. Harrison Allan
External Auditor
Lloyds TSB Group PLC
       

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