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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: "Eddy Brown" <eddybrown144@msn.com>
Reply-To: eddybrown114@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 15:05:32 +0000
Subject: Confirm the receipt of The documents.

Dear Mr. Wilmar Tromm,,

I write to inform you that the documents are ready.
My attorney has been able to acquire these documents in fulfillment of the
requirements for change of beneficiary of the funds deposited in KDB BANK
LONDON UK. You are advice to download the attachments to read the documents.
They are three in number which are being sent thus:

Affidavit Document.
Official Gazette Document.
Certificate of deposit
Note: the certificate of deposit was given to me at the time of depositing
this fund with the bank.

Please handle those documents with care and it is also meant for your
personal viewing this is to guarantee the privacy of this transaction. I
still want to remind you that these documents cost me a lot of money to
acquire but I am happy that it has finally been acquired, I hope that you
will honor the trust that I have put on you to see that we achieve this
transaction as soon as possible.

Further advice as regards to this transaction is that you have to contact
the bank. Write them officially via email, phone/fax telling them that there
is funds deposited in their bank and you are the beneficiary of the funds,
and ask them what are the steps that will enable you get the funds
transferred to you then we wait for their response.

Here is the contact information of the Bank:
KDB BANK LONDON UK
Tel: +44 207 117 0441
Fax: +44 207 504 8491
Email: info@kdbltd.com
Contact person: Mr. Marcel Smith
Email: marcelsmith@kdbltd.com

Please follow my advice and contact the Bank as soon as possible so that the
funds can be transferred to your custody soon.

Confirm the receipt of The documents.
Have a nice day

Thanks
Mr. Eddy Brown

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