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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: "Mr.James Woodley" <james_woodley93@msn.com>
Reply-To: <james_woodley01@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:30:02 +0000
Subject: STANDARD BANK PLC



STANDARD BANK PLC, 5TH FLOOR,CANNON BRIDGE HOUSE, 25 DOWGATE HILL,LONDON, EC4R 2SB, UNITED KINGDOM. My dear Partner, I am Mr.James Woodley, External Auditor of Standard Bank of United Kingdom. I am contacting you for a possible business transfer worth GBP 21,500,000 (Twenty-One Million Five Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling) Pounds Sterling. It will be in my interest to finish this transaction with you hoping that you will not cheat or blackmail me at the conclusion of this goal because I have planned it for long. At the moment, I am constrained to issue more details about this business until your positive response is received. If you can be a collaborator to this transaction, please indicate your positive interest immediately for us to proceed by sending your response. I assure you that this deal is worth taking and highly profitable.I will give you more details about the transaction after your positive responds. Please send all your reply through this my private email address james_woodley01@yahoo.comThank you for your time and attention. Warmest regards, Mr.James Woodley External Auditor, Standard Bank PLC.

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