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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: "Eli Machin" <eli_machin2@excite.com>
Reply-To: eli_machin01@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:44:18 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: To You


Greetings, Before I start,I must firstly,apologize for this unsolicited proposal to you.I am aware that this is certainly an unconventional approach to starting a relationship,but as time goes on you will realize the need for my action. My name is Eli Machin, Solicitor to Gerald Welsh,who died with his wife in an air crash on the 31st October 1999 in an Egyptian airline flight990. Before the death of Gerald Welsh, he maintained a fixed deposit account with a Financial services Company here in Europe(details of which I will disclose to you later).Since his death,none of his relatives have come to make claims for this money as his beneficiary,and the bank cannot release the fund from his account unless someone applies for claims, as beneficiary to the deceased as indicated in the bank guidelines. The bank has made several futile efforts to contact his relatives. Based on this discovery,I now seek your permission to have you stand in as a next of kin to the deceased,as all
documentations will be carefully worked out by me for the release of these funds all amounting to the tune of(USD32, 000,000.00) to any nominated account of your choice. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you and me from any breach of the law.If you are interested in my proposal, please contact me immediatelyRegards,Eli Machin

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