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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "hundred thousand u.s dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",500,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "utmost confidentiality" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a next of kin scam.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- robadamson2000@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Robert Anderson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jbabra2@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:19:57 +0100
Subject: READ CAREFULLY AND RESPOND

From: Robert Adamson
Email: robadamson2000@aim.com

A DEAL INVOLVING US$18.5 MILLION

I have a proposal for you which I think may be of interest and benefit both of us if we can do this together. However, this correspondence is unofficial, private and confidential and it should be treated as such. At first I will like to assure you that this transaction is 100% trouble free to both parties.

My name is Robert Adamson. I work as an independent auditor and handle accounts with various banks here in UK especially accounts relating to credits and foreign bills. On a routine inspection I discovered a dormant domiciliary account with a Balance of US$18,500,000.00 (Eighteen Million Five Hundred Thousand U.S Dollars) only. On further investigation, I also discovered that the account holder has died long ago with his family on a fatal Auto-accident leaving no beneficiary to the account and no other person knows about this account.

I am in close contact with the manager of the bank here who is a party to this deal and he is willing to approve the transfer to any reliable and trustworthy foreign bank account outside the UK because the former operator of the a/c is a foreign national from Saudi Arabia. He has no WILL attached to the account, no beneficiary and nobody will come again for the claim of this money. We need a foreigner who can claim this money with legal backing to the account holder which I will provide if you are interested, therefore I need your cooperation in this regard. The difference in country of origins is no hindrance to the success of this transaction. This money will remain useless in this dormant account if we do not transfer the fund out to a foreign account, it is a great opportunity.

I will provide the necessary information and documents needed in order to claim this money. I only need your cooperation as a foreigner to be the receiver of this money. We have put up all arrangement to ensure a smooth transfer of the fund to the account which you will nominate. You should also provide me with your direct phone numbers for easy communication. I wish for utmost confidentiality in handling this transaction.

At the conclusion of this transaction, your share will be 30% of the total transfer sum, 65% for me and my partner while 5% will be set aside for any incidental expenses. I will meet with you after the successful transfer for sharing according to the agreed percentages. If you agree to handle this reply to me through this email address: robadamson2000@aim.com

Let me hear from you URGENTLY. I will give you my full contact details as soon as I hear from you

Best Regards,
Robert Adamson

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