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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: "Rawlings Kori" <rawlingskori@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: rawlingskori1955@yahoo.fr
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 16:24:56 +0000
Subject: Business Partnership.

Mr. Ralings Kori
112 New Burlington Street,
London, W1F 3HQ, UK,
E-mail:  rawlingskori1955@yahoo.fr
 
Dear Sir/Madam,
 
My name is Rawlings Kori I am a member of the National Lottery Board London, UK. I am writing following an opportunity in my office that will be of immense benefit to both of us.
 
I have discovered an unclaimed sum of 2,000,000.00 Pounds (Two Million Pounds) in an account belonging to one of our foreign client Late Mrs. Fatima Gupta an Arabian national, who unfortunately lost her life in the plane crash on board Alaska Airlines Flight 261 on January 31st 2000, with her husband Mr. Prakash Gupta and only daughter Ramar Gupta. See more details by visiting this link:  http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
 
Since that unfortunate incident, I have made several enquiries to locate any of her relatives to facilitate repatriation of this large sum of money to her. My efforts up till date proved unsuccessful. By virtue of the rule governing the lottery board,any unclaimed lottery proceeds is credited back to the Government account after 1 (One) year and once this is done, the corrupt government officials will divert the funds to their private pockets.
 
I have agreed to divert this fund and donate to charity rather than leave it in the hands of these corrupt government officials who will eventually divert it to their private pockets. To this end, I have moved the funds from the bank to a vault company here for safe keeping.
 
I cannot transfer these funds to my foreign accounts because as civil servants, the law forbids me to operate or own foreign accounts hence this contact to you. I want you to assist me in repatriating these fund by consenting to be presented as the next of kin to the deceased. I will process all the necessary documentations that will facilitate the transaction and present you properly as the next of kin to the deceased so that the proceed of this account value can ba paid to you and both of us we share it.
 
Please be rest assured that you will not get into any trouble in this transaction because I have carefully planned the whole arrangement in such a way that we will have a hitch free transaction.  I have put in years of service with the lottery board and I patiently waited for this transaction. I have agreed after the funds have been credited to your account we shall share the money in the following manner: 30% for you, 30% for any charity organization of your choice, 30% for me and 10% for taxes as may be required by your government.
 
I will therefore require you to confirm your willingness to co-operate with me by responding via the email address above. In your response include your full names, private email address and private telephone/Fax numbers for further contact and as well forward you with the necessary details on how to proceed.
 
Upon indication of your interest to fully co-operate with me, it will take us 2-3 working days to process the relevant documents before the transfer to your nominated account.
 
Finally, You will agree with me that it is a better judgement for us to claim this money and put into profitable use than allowing it to be confiscated and divided amongst the corrupt government officials in UK. Please note that, confidentiality, honesty and trust must be our watchword throughout this transaction.
 
Your prompt reply will be highly appreciated.
 
Best regards.
Mr. Rawlings Kori


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