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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: "Kevin Brown" <kevin_brown32@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 03:11:10 +0000
Subject: HELLO

Greeting to you,



My name is Mr. Kevin Brown the Branch Manager of Natwest bank in United
Kingdom, I here solicit for your strictly confidence on a good business
transaction involving a huge sum of money from a deceased foreign customer
Late Mr. Thompson Morrison; who died along with his family in plane crash of
Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31 2000,
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/



He deposited this funds amounting of {Twelve million five hundred thousand
USA Dollars) $12.5m for safe keeping in the Bank here in London . Previously
our filed record shows that the fund was actually for a project he wanted to
start in the near future (a multi million Dollar steel planting in Florida ,
USA ) before his sudden and untimely death. Since his death none of his
relations or next-of-kin has come forward to claims this fund as the heir.
Now our bank has been waiting for any of the relatives to come-up for the
claim but nobody has done that. I personally has been unsuccessful in
locating the relatives for 2 years now, I seek your consent to present you
as the next of kin /Will Beneficiary to the deceased because my bank will
not release the money unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to
the deceased as indicated in our operating guidelines.



Please I need your urgent co-operation because I do not want this money to
go into the Bank Treasury. The UK banking policy and guideline stipulates
that any unclaimed money belonging to a deceased person for the period of 8
years will be transferred into the Banks Treasury as an unclaimed debt. The
choice of contacting you is aroused from the geographical nature of where
you live, particularly due to the sensitivity of the transaction.



All I require now is your honest Co-operation, Confidentiality and trust to
enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee you that this will be
executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any
breach of the law. This will be disbursed or shared in these percentages,
60% to me and 40% to you.



Indicate your interest by providing me the following



1. Full Name

2. Your private mobile telephone number for effective communication

3. Your Contact Address.

4. Age / Sex

5. Occupation



Best Regards,

Mr. Kevin Brown


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