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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: GEORGE WHITLOCK <g.w@counsellor.com>
Reply-To: gwhitlock101@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 17:20:19 -0600
Subject: can you handle this?




Good day

can you help me receive money from a bank? I will give you a fair
share of the money for your help. Your role is to provide the account
where the money will be transferred into. I will handle everything
else here in London

Regards,
Barrister George Whitlock
+442032399426
+447031953969
g.w@counsellor.com
gwhitlock101@gmail.com


Guten Tag

können Sie mir helfen, Geld von einer Bank erhalten? Ich gebe Ihnen
einen fairen Anteil an dem Geld, für Ihre Hilfe. Ihre Aufgabe ist es,
das Konto, wo das Geld in überführt werden kann. Ich werde alles, was
hier in London zu behandeln

Grüße,
Barrister George Whitlock
+442032399426
+447031953969
g.w@counsellor.com
gwhitlock101@gmail.com

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