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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: Anthony Wheeler <anwhe137@msn.com>
Reply-To: <anthwh01@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:25:59 +0000
Subject: Hello





Partnership Request,



I am Mr. Anthony Wheeler working with a Bank here in United Kingdom, i have a sensitive and confidential business request asking for your partnership for fund recovery in a dormant account in my office. As the General Auditor with Abbey National PLC, It will be in my interest to transfer this fund worth £28.7 Million Pounds in your name as the beneficiary.


I need you to assist me in finishing this fund transfer out from Abbey national plc to your country. So if you can be able to handle this transaction with me, kindly get back to me for guidelines and details for a possible business relationship.



This is a legitimate transaction with no risk involved if we work accordingly as planned.



Best regards and respect,



Mr. Anthony Wheeler
General Auditor
Abbey National PLC





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