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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: "Mr. Simon Charles" <s_scar19ld@myway.com>
Reply-To: simoncharles2@latinmail.com
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:22:47 -0500 (EST)
Subject: ACKNOLEDGE AT YOUR EARLIEST CONVENIENCE










>From Simon charles's DeskNATWEST BANK PLC.P.O.Box 303857 Victoria Street, London SW1H Dear Friend, I seek for your assistance in order to transfer out £38,990,000.00 (Thirty Eight Million, Nine hundred thousand and Ninety British Pounds) after my discovery during auditing in my bank as the Manager of Bill and Exchange at the Foreign Remittance Department of NATWEST BANK PLC. In my department I discovered an abandoned sum of £38.10 Million Pounds in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers Sen. David Paul Wellstone. Senator David Paul Wellstone died along with his entire family in Minnesota Plane Crash on Sunday, December 29, 2002 and all my investigations prooved that he has no next of kin.Actually, we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking and financial policies but unfortunately all the efforts proved
abortive. It is upon this discovery that I decided as the head of my department to make this business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we don’t want this money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed bills. Please, do not see this as beeing illegal, but an opportunity for us to help enrich our hope in life instead of the bank converting this much money to the security funds. You should not nurse any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for the smooth transfer of these funds and your acceptance is what will crown this effort.However, I want to transfer this money into a safe foreign account abroad but i Don't know any foreigner, this made me need a reliable and Honest Person who will be capable of handling this Important transaction, believing that you will never let me down either now or in Future, knowing well that i need
you to be reliable and trustworthy. Finally, 30% of the total amount will be yours, 60% will be for me while 10% will be for any expensess we may incure in the process of transacting this business, I assure you that this is real and a genuine business, and aswell need you to assure me that you will never let me down in this transaction till the fund is remitted to your nominated account while i will come to your country to collect my own share of the money.Thanks and God bless as i wait for your response.Regards,Mr. Simon Charles.



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