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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: AA SS <collins_d_steve35@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <as123as1960@o2.pl>
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:20:29 +0000
Subject: IMPORTANT NOTICE !!!



IMPORTANT NOTICE !!!57 VICTORIA STREET, LONDON SW1H, UNITED KINGDOM I am humble to write you in other to seek for your foreign partnership to enable me transfer the sum of 25.5,million pounds.I will first introduce myself as Mr. Steve Collins, a staff in the Private Clients Section of a well known bank, here in London,England.One of our accounts, with holding balance of25.5,million twenty Five Million Five Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling) has been dormant and last operated three years ago. From my investigations and confirmation, the owner of the said account is a foreigner by name Mr. Ratnavale Victor died on the 4th of January 2002 in a plane crash in birmingham; you can view this CNN website for details on the crash. http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/01/04/england.plane/ Since then, nobody has done anything as regards the claiming of this money, as he has no family member that has any knowledge as to the existence of either the account or the funds; and also Information from the National Immigration also states that he was single on entry into the UK. The bank will approve this money to any foreigner because the former operator of the a/c is a foreigner, I am certainly sure that he is dead,and nobody will come again for the claim of this money A foreigner can only claim this money with legal claims to the account Holder; therefore I need your cooperation in this ransaction. I will provide the necessary information needed in order to claim this money, But you will need to open an account where this can be transferred. If interested send your private Telephone No. And Fax number including full details of the account to be used for the Deposit I wish for utmost confidentiality in handling this transaction as my job and the future of my family would be jeopardized if it were breached. I want to assure you that the transaction is without risk if due process is followed accordingly. Finally,I will give you 25% for your corporation.Contact me urtently for further details. Great Regards,Mr. Steve Collins.
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