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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.Luca Mr.Luca" <lucapeggy31@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <info4rmlucapeggy@yahoo.ca>
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:37:18 +0000
Subject: FROM:THE DESK OF MR.LUCA PEGGY,



FROM:THE DESK OF MR.LUCA PEGGY, CITI BANK UNITED KINGDOM, THE WORLDS LOCAL BANK.332 Oxford Street, London W1C 1JFUNITED KINGDOM.
Attention,

I am Mr.Luca Peggy, Group Accountant in well-knownBank,here in London ,England .However,I have alreadySent you this same letter by post one month ago, but Iam not sure that the letter promptly get to you,sinceI have not heard from you, hence my resenting itagain.

I discovered a dormant account in my office, as GroupAccountant with Citi United Bank (UK). It will be inmy interest to transfer this fund worth of £26,000,000.00Pounds. Twenty Six Million British Pounds Sterling. Which is equivalent to $51,000,000.00USD Fifty One Million United State Dollars in an account offshore. Can you be my partner?

Regards and respect,Mr.Luca Peggy.
FROM:THE DESK OF MR.LUCA PEGGY, CITI BANK UNITED KINGDOM, THE WORLDS LOCAL BANK.332 Oxford Street, London W1C 1JFUNITED KINGDOM.
Attention,

I am Mr.Luca Peggy, Group Accountant in well-knownBank,here in London ,England .However,I have alreadySent you this same letter by post one month ago, but Iam not sure that the letter promptly get to you,sinceI have not heard from you, hence my resenting itagain.

I discovered a dormant account in my office, as GroupAccountant with Citi United Bank (UK). It will be inmy interest to transfer this fund worth of £26,000,000.00Pounds. Twenty Six Million British Pounds Sterling. Which is equivalent to $51,000,000.00USD Fifty One Million United State Dollars in an account offshore. Can you be my partner?

Regards and respect,Mr.Luca Peggy.
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