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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: Mr Sullivan Alexander <walker.smith2008@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: sullivan.alexander1@msn.com
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 18:54:30 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: urgent reply.

Hello/Sir/Madam

My Name is Mr. Alexander Sullivan and I am an investment consultant working here in London with Fidelity Bank plc .I discover a dormant account with holding balance of 52,000,000 00. (Fifty two Million British Pounds) I will be happy to work this deal out with you if you have a personal Bank Account or company account which can received the money and withdraw. I need strong Assurance from you if you are capable to handle the fund till I come down to your country and have my own share and investment.

As at this moment, I am constrained to issue more details about this business until your response is received.

I look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible if you are interested.

Thank you for your time and attention.


Warmest regards,
Mr. Alexander Sullivan

Fidelity Bank plc
P.O.Box.19, Bank
10 Old Jewry
London EC2R 8DN




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