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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. Desmond Gold" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dr_davidkaay1@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:18:37 +0100
Subject: I'm Compensation You With The Sum of $ 2,500,000.00 USD!!!

My Dear Friend. Due to your effort, sincerity, courage and trust worthiness you showed at the course of the Uk Online Lotto winning. I want to compensate you and show my gratitude to you with the sum of $2.5 Million (Two Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) I have authorized MR. DAVID KAY of the finance house where I deposited the money to issue you international certified bank draft cashable at your bank. My dear winner,I will like you to contact the CEO incharge of the finance house for the collection of this international certified bank draft. The name of the Person with your Cheque is MR. DAVIDKAY FINANCE AND SECURITY HOUSE HEAD OFFICE CONTACT MR.DAVID KAY Email: dr_davidkaay1@yahoo.co.jp Contact Line: +234 807 464 2631 Finance and Security House United Kingdom Deposit Firm FSH Towers Chelsea T45H U.K. YOU ARE TO CONTACT MR.DAVID KAY ON THE ABOVE EMAIL ADRRESS WITH THIS INFORMATIONS: FULL NAME:.............................. FULL ADDRESS............................ SEX:...Male:............................ COUNTRY NAME:........................... MARITAL STATUS:......................... CELL PHONE NUMBER:.NONE..................... At the moment, I am very busy at Sydney,Australia because of the investment projects which myself and my new partner Mr Henry Moore of CTL Company have at hand. Finally, remember that I have forwarded instruction to the MR.DAVID KAY at the finance house on your behalf to send the bank draft to you as soon as you contact him without delay. Please I will like you to accept this token with good faith since it comes from the bottom of my heart. Thanks and God bless you and your family. Hope to hear from you soon. My sincere advice to you as a christian is that you should endeavour to pay your tithe to a bible believing church when you get the money because i noticed it as a fudiciary agent that you were skeptical about your winnings when you were ask by the Uk lotto Agency Inc to file out a claim for your prize. And now the current policy of the Lotto organiser is that if an emerged winner fails to claim his/her winning cheque of $2.5 Million, it's now mandatory that this fund can be remitted or forfeited to the fudiciary agent in charge of this winners file. However, I want you to contact him immediately as soon as you receive this information because he is Travelling by the end of this month and this might cost a delayment for you to receive this draft. Yours Faithfully, Mr. Desmond Gold. Email: dr_davidkaay1@yahoo.co.jp

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