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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: byron davies <b_dx1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <byron_davies79@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 00:13:24 -0800
Subject: LET ME KNOW YOUR MIND



Barclays BankPLC Murray House Royal Mint Court EC3N 4HH UK.
Dear Friend,
Do accept my sincere apologies if my mail does not meet your personal ethics.I will introduce myself as Mr. Byron DAVIES , BRANCH MANAGER, of the above firm here in the United Kingdom. One of our accounts with holding balance of 25,000,000.00,BPS (twenty five Million Pounds Sterling) has been dormant and has not been operated .
The owner of this account, a foreigner by name Mr. RAMIREZ .J, and his family were involved in a fatal auto crash in LONDON in which people were burnt to death unfortunately my client Mr. RAMIREZ .J, and his family lost their lives in February 14, 2005,and since then nobody has done anything as regards the claiming of this money because he has no family members and relatives who are aware of the existence of neither the account nor the funds.
I have secretly discussed this matter with a senior official of this bank and we have agreed to find a reliable partner to deal with. We thus propose to do business with you, standing in as the next of kin of these funds from the deceased .
This transaction is totally free of risk and as the fund is legitimate and does not originate from drug, money laundry, terrorism or any other illegal act. On receipt of your response I will furnish you with detailed clarification as it relates to this mutual benefit transaction. As soon as you indicate your interest,please do forward to me your phone ,fax number and contact address.
Iam looking forward to hearing from you.
Regards
Byron DAVIES
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