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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. Archie Kane" <pduff22@yahoo.com.hk>
Reply-To: archiekaneprivate@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:47:57 +0800 (CST)
Subject: From:Mr. Archie Kane


From:Mr. Archie Kane
Executive Director
Lloyds TSB Group PLC
71 Lombard Street
London EC 3BS

My Dear Friend,

I am Mr. Archie Kane the Executive Director Insurrance and Investments, Lloyds TSB,71 Lombard Street London. I have an urgent business suggestion for you. One of our clients/personal friend Late Mr. Edward Han,who was a foreigner and the Manager of Petol Chemical Services UK here in London, a chemical engineer by profession. Late Mr. Morris Howard an American Citizen who was a private business man unfortunately lost his life in an automobile accident on January 28th 2001, including his wife and his only daughter.

After further investigation it was also discovered that Late Mr. Morris Howard's next of kin is his daughter who died with him, the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proves to me as well that his company does not know anything about this account and the amount involved is (20,000,000.00 GB) Twenty Million British Pounds Sterling Only, this account was opened in this bank in 1999 has not been operated for the past 7 years now and if i do not remit this money out urgently, it will be forfeited for nothing.

I am contacting you to stand and act as the next of kin to Late Mr. Morris Howard, because the management of my bank is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has the correct information to this account, which I will give to you when sure of your capability to handle such amount in strict confidence and trust.At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 50% of the total amount, while 50% will be for me. Your Full Name,Contact Address,Phone/fax number and Occupation will be necessary for this effect.I await your response so as for us to proceed with the transaction.If you are interested, please reply me immedietaly to my private address [archieaneprivate@yahoo.com] I am looking forward to hear from you.

Sincerely yours

Yours Truly,

Mr. Archie Kane.


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