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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: "Dr. Alex Adams" <attn1@connecting1.net>
Reply-To: dr.alexadams56@live.com
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:17:58 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Business/Fund Re-Location Proposal


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Greetings,
 
I am Dr.
Alex Adams, I am a fun manager with Barclays bank of UK , I got
your email address from the business network here in London, and I was assured
that you are very capable and honest to transact this business with me.

 
Few yrs ago, I used an unclaimed fund {$100 million
USD} whose owner has died 23yrs ago and no one has come to claim the money.
I secretly invest the fund in a high interest program in the Swiss
bank, it ran for 7yrs and I made a profit of $10million USD.
 
I have stopped the program and has returned the
capital back to our bank, now its this $10 million USD profit I made which is in
an escrow account in our bank, but I will like us to pull the interest I made
from the investment and transfer it out of London to your country. All I have to
do is to name you as the beneficiary and have it transferred to any bank account
of your choice.
 
I don't know who to contact, that's why I am
contacting you today, I will need you to partner with me and provide an account
where I can wire transfer this fund and as soon as you have received it in your
bank account, I will fly over to meet you. I will give you 50% of the money for
your help and I will take 50% too. This is 100% risk free as I legitimately
acquired the fund. 
 
If you are interested in this transaction, please do
not hesitate to call me as soon as possible with this number Tel: +447924065442
Fax: +448447741645, email address: dr.alexadams56@live.com
 
As I said there are no risks involved in this
transaction; I can provide you with documentation of the high interest trading
for your perusal.
 
Thank you,
Dr. Alex Adams

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