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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: "RUSSELL DAVIES" <info@newageconsultants.net>
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 12:12:13 -0500
Subject: HELLO

Dear Sir/Madam,We are a private consultant acting on behalf of a private financial Consultant/Account portfolio Manager with FUNDSWORTH LTD,Ipswich,UK. He Happen to have managed a particular account for a Resident Foreigner,in the United Kingdom,who died Interstate, leaving in their care a sizable amount in a domicialliary United States Dollars Investment ACCount. For some reasons, this client does not have an easily identifiable next of Kin,and he has made several enquiries to locate any of his clients relatives; immediate and extended, which has proved unsuccessful,hence, he is contacting you and needs your assistance in securing the money and property left behind by his client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Finance House in the United Kingdom. The Finance House has already issued a Government Mandatory formalty notice to provide the Next of Kin or have the account confiscated and this should expire within a month. Since he has been unsuccessful in locating any of his relatives for over two years and convinced that no one is coming up and having satisfied the mandatory legal requirements of Beneficiary/next of kin Notification,he now seeks a reliable and trustworthy person,with your consent and perfect understanding, to present you as the next of kin of the deceased so that the proceeds of this account initially valued at Twenty One Million, Three Hundred And Twenty Thousand United States Dollars, interest not inclusive, can be paid into an account to be provided by you(prefereably outside the United Kingdom Financial Institutions or its Isles), as the perceived Next Of Kin Legally and Otherwise. All that is require is your honest cooperation and confidence in him; which I know would not come easy. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate background that will protect you from any breach of the law. I would advise that you give this positive consideration and get back to me soon. I'll be flexible and considerate in the percentage share that will be given to you for your assistance.Send me and email to: russell8davies@netscape.net Upon receipt of your response, I will send to you my private number so that you can reach me for further discussion.


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