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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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Fraud email example:

From: "edward hunt"<edw@lion2006.eu>
Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 18:23:02 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Hello please i need your help urgently.


Hello
I am Edward Hunt Martin I am 14 years old I live in Manchester(UK) before my father died, now I live with my mother in Ireland. my father is from Manchester UK and my mother is from Ireland. My late father Mr. Hunt Martin has a big Real Estate company in Manchester before he died in a car accident last year July 25th 2005. he left £10 Million (Ten Million Pounds) in his account before he died. The £10Million is in (Union National Bank UK)

I have been trying to collect the money from (Union National Bank UK) but the MD CEO told me to go and look for some body that is honest and old enough to help me collect the £10 Million (Ten Million Pounds) I could have told my mother to assist me in collecting the £10Million but my mother and father where divorced before my father died and my father told me not to have anything to do with my mother, I don’t even want her to know about this because what my father told me before he died was correct, now that I stay with my mother in Ireland she doesn’t take care of me all she dose is to take hard drugs and to bring men to the house and she always hit me.
I don’t want to have anything to do with her, I just want some body that is old enough and honest to help me collect the £10Million from the bank as I am too young to take control of £10Million. Please I need your help, if you can assist me to collect the £10Million from the bank I will give you 30% and take 70%. I have all documents in my name you can confirm from the bank. I am indeed the Next of Kin to my late father Mr. Edward Hunt Martin.
The MD CEO (Union National Bank UK) told me to look for some body that is honest and old enough so that he can send the £10Million to the persons account as soon as possible..
If you can help me I will contact the MD CEO (Union National Bank UK) and tell him that I have found an honest person who is willing to help me collect the £10Million, so when you contact him he will know I sent you.
I will give you is contact so you can contact him to enable him send the £10Million to your provided account immediately Please help me. I will be waiting for your urgent reply so I can give you the contact of the bank and send you the last statement of account of my late father and I will also send you my picture and my birth certificate. Please help me reply back on this email: edward_h01@mail.md so I can send you all information’s you need.
Best Regards
Edward Hunt Martin



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