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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: "Andreas Quelle" <quelleandreas@info.com>
Reply-To: <quelleandreas@globomail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 00:34:40 -0700
Subject: Re.Regarding ons Verleden Transactie!!!

Hello My Good Friend,

Please I will like to know if you still want me to advice Asterx Standard Bank London England to wire the sum of £12,500.000.00 GBP (Twelve Million Five Hundred Thousand Pounds) into your account for you and I to share. To this, I feel like reminding you once again that the Asterx Standard Bank had concluded to wire the above amount into your account.

Please reconfirm your current address and telephone number to me again to enable us move swiftly, also contact me through my e-mail address thus: quelleandreas@sbmconsult.com


Best Regards,

Mr. Quelle Andreas





Hallo Mijn goede vriend,

Gelieve Ik zal graag willen weten of u nog steeds dat ik om advies Asterx Standard Bank Londen Engeland aan de som van £ GBP 12,500.000.00 (twaalf miljoen vijf honderd duizend pond) draad in uw account voor u en ik om te delen. Om deze, voel ik me herinneren u er nogmaals op dat de Asterx Standard Bank had gesloten om het bovengenoemde bedrag draad in uw account.

Gelieve uw huidige adres en telefoonnummer te herbevestigen weer naar me toe om ons snel te verplaatsen, dus mij ook contact opnemen via mijn e-mail adres: quelleandreas@sbmconsult.com


Met vriendelijke groet,

De heer Andreas Quelle

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