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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: "Alex Green" <a.green21@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: alexgreen_02@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 08:18:03 +0000
Subject: Re: Urgent Response Needed

Greetings,
 
Please, I want to introduce myself and this business opportunity to you My name is Alex Green,a bank accountant I wish to know if we can work together.
 
I would like you to stand as the next of kin to my deceased customer who made a deposit with our bank, his name is Mr.Edward, I know you will be suprised how I got your contact I saw it on net when I was searching to see if I can get in touch with any relative of my late customer but to no avail so on the process I saw your contact and checked your profile and believe that you as a honest man will be sincere and honest that is why I requested for your co-operation for the successful implementation of this transaction without hinderance.
 
Sir/Ma my cleint died without any registered next of kin and as such the funds now have an open beneficiary mandate I want to also use this medium to assure you that this transaction is 100% legal and risk free. If you are interested please do let me know so that I can give you comprehensive details on what we are to do.
 
I urgently hope to get your response as soon as possible.
 
Best regards,
Alex Green.


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