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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: "Nathan"<postmaster@moldomex.ro>
Reply-To: engr.nathanbrowell1941@live.com
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 20:12:17 -0700
Subject: I NEED A HONEST PARTNER


Hello My Dear in the Lord. I crave your indulgence at this mail coming from=
somebody like me, whom you does not know before. I decided to do this afte=
r praying over the situation. You should please consider the transaction on=
its content and not the fact that you have not known me before. I need not=
dwell on how I came by your contact information because there are many suc=
h possibilities these days. I would like to introduce myself as Mr.Nathan b=
ro-well, of united Arab Emirate (DUBAI),widow to Late Mrs Ruth Bro-well man=
ager dawoo in Madrid Spain. I have been recently diagnosed Cancer of the Pe=
lvic . I am writing to you now from my sick bed because of how this transfe=
r is urgent to me.There is $26.5M (twenty six Million Five Hundred United S=
tate Dollars) my wife has in an account with the Islamic Bank, Dubai of whi=
ch I am the next of kin. With my health condition and because my wife and I=
have no children,I am looking for a credible person that will not betrayed=
me to whom I will pass the right of next of kin This person will apply to =
the bank and request for the transfer of the fund to his/her bank account. =
This is on the condition that you will take only 30% of the fund for yourse=
lf,10% used for expenses, while you will use the remaining 60%for the less =
privilege people in the society. This is in fulfillment of the last request=
of my wife: that a substantial part of the fund be used to carter for the =
less privileged.If this conditions acceptable to you, you should contact me=
immediately with your full contact information Below; Your full name......=
.............. Your Address................................................=
.... Your telephone Number and Fax Number........, Your Occupation.........=
....................................... Your Age...........................=
............................... So that I will ask our family lawyer to pre=
pare the authorization that will give you the right of next of kin to the a=
ccount in the bank. I will also give you a text of the application Letter y=
ou are to send to the bank. I cannot predict what will be my fate by the ti=
me the fund will be transferred into your account, but you should please en=
sure that the fund is used as i have described above. I will like you to co=
ntact my private doctor on his direct telephone number as stated below :+ 1=
3372140981. to inform him that you have send me a message,so that i will re=
ply you by sending you a letter of claim.Looking forward to your immediate =
response to this my email address above and your information if you are wil=
ling to assist me on this project. Reply me on my private email (engr.natha=
nbrowell1941@live.com ) Yours Sincerely Mr.Nathan=20

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