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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: "Mr.Alexandra" <alexandra2010@excite.com>
Reply-To: derek_private2002@yahoo.es
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 04:59:55 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: URGENT MAIL!!


Greeting!


My Name is Derek Alexandra, the Regional Manager of
UBS Investment Bank in London and would like to strike
a business deal with you prior to your approval and
consideration. There was a Non Resident Account opened
in my Branch and for the past 6 years, this account
was dormant without operation and at the same time
nobody has come to claim the account with its closing
balance of £35.7million.This has made be to trace the
source and origin of the funds and the beneficiary
starting since the year 2005 and today I have gathered
every report confirming that the Beneficiary was a Top
Government Official in his country and now have passed
away six years ago leaving no legal inheritance
instructions on the account. The families have no idea
that such funds exist because the account was opened
with a different name in order to maintain the privacy
of the account in question.

On this note, this account will be converted into the
bank treasury by the end of year if no one has come for
the claiming of the funds.Therefore,I come to you to know
if you will endorse this offer so that I will present you
as the Next of Kin to claim the funds while official
documents will be prepared to support our claims. This
is a straight forward deal without any risk attached.
Our sharing ratio will be 50:50 should incase if you
are interested. Please forward me your direct telephone
numbers for discussion of this offer in further details.

Yours Sincerely,
Derek Alexandra






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