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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: =?us-ascii?Q?harrison=20Newman?= <harrisonN@seznam.cz>
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:31:21 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: =?us-ascii?Q?Private=20Letter=2E?=

Hello Friend,

It gives me a great deal of pleasure to write you this mail and even when it might come to you as a surprise,I hope you find it of interest.

Let me first introduce myself.My name is Harrison Newman.I am an Executive Auditor with a Bank here in Europe,I would like to use this means to ask your assistance in moving some fund over to your country.

I have in the course of my duties come in contact with a good amount of Fund that have been inactive for some years now and careful investigation proved the original depositor of the fund died five years
ago and all attempt to reach the suppose beneficiary of the deposit were fruitless and before it is forfeited to the state I decided to move it.

It is of interest to inform you also that I have already moved this fund out of the Establishment and now in safe keeping with a Finance and security house,I will like to move it outside now and this is where I need your assistance.

After legal consultation, I have established modalities for a secured way for a perfect transaction,but be most assured that for your assistance and partnership you will get a good percentage of the fund,
it is important to let you know that fifty percent of the rest will be invested over there under your management for a negotiable period of time and we will open a fruitful dialog very soon to that effect.

I look forward to our working closely in practically seeing this transaction come to a perfect end. For effective communication,please kindly include in your reply the following information:

1.Your full/complete Names:

2.Address:

3.Occupation:

4.Age:

5.Your direct phone numbers:

And I will contact you as soon as I get your reply. I look forward to hearing from you and my gratitude for your Patience.

Respectfully yours,
Harrison Newman.


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