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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: "Alex Bowen Esq." <alex3bowen@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: henryroper19644@googlemail.com
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 03:02:00 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Reply





Dear Partner,
 
Please accept my sincere apology if my email does not suit your business or personal ethics. I will first introduce myself to you. My name is Alex Bowen Esq., the Attorney to Late Agarwal P.  Prakash from India, who died along with his entire family in a car crash at Birmingham on 4th Jan, 2007. My Client, Agarwal P. Prakash, have a deposit of $18.5 Million US dollars in a consignment with a Finance/Security Firm. Since then, nobody has done anything as regards the claiming of this money, as he has no family member that has any knowledge as to the existence of the deposited consignment; I have confidently discussed this issue with some of the Finance/Security Firm officials and they have agreed to release the consignment to the next of kin to the late Agarwal P. Prakash if am able to find him. Now all efforts I have made to locate any of his relatives through their embassy here in United Kingdom has failed all this while and I cannot forfeit this
consignment of funds to the company hence my request for your kind cooperation for this business of mutual benefit.
 
My proposition to you, is to seek your consent to present you as the Next of Kin and beneficiary receiver of my late client’s deposit of $18.5M, secretly concealed in the consignment, The consignment was registered as CONFIDENTIAL DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS; but it’s only me and you that knows the true content to be money, please don’t let any one know about it to avoid losing the funds. If you are interested to receive the consignment kindly let me know at once. I am ready to release 40% of the total money to you for your help; I will be expecting your reply today. This transaction is totally free of risk and life time opportunity for us for our mutual benefits. Kindly respond back to me to enable me give you the next step to adopt to enable us bring this life changing deal to reality. Also include all your information and identification in your reply mail.
 
I look forward to your earliest reply or call.
 
Best regards,
Alex Bowen Esq.
99 Bishops Gate, 10th Floor
London EC2R 7DH, England.
Tel: (0044) 7045783814
Tel/Fax: (0044) 7006063235



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