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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.Collins Wilson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <collinswilson67@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 22:04:45 -0700
Subject: From Mr. Collins

Diamond Bank Plc
Eastern Regional
Headquaters
No 40 West Avenue

I Am The Bank Manager Of Diamond Bank Plc Of Nigeria.I Will Like To Do Avery Brief Business With You, There Is A Dormantaccount In My Bank With A Credit Balance Of (Usd$30.000.000.00) Thirty Million United State Dollars,Which Has Been Dormant For About Two Years Now. On My Further Investigation, I Iscovered That The Owner Of This Account, A Foreigner Died Also Two Years Ago In A Motor Accident And That He Left No Beneficiaries And Next Of Kin For The Account, Because He Was Hiding The Source Of The Money From The Government.

What I Needed From You Is For You To Stand As The Eneficiary And Extof Kin To The Original Account Owner. And Then Use My Position As The Manager And Give Clearance For Onward Remission Of This Fund Intoyour Nominated Account.I Will Supply You With All The cessaryinformations About The Account,Which You Will Present To The Bank.

After The Bank Has Accepted Your Application, Then I Will Move Ahead To Destroy Every Document Associated With This Business. And We Will Go Ahead To Share This Fund At Ratio 30% For You And 65% For Me 5% For Will Beset Aside For Any Expenses Incurred During This Transaction.Please Your Urgent Reply Is Needed So As To Stop Further Contacts. This Is For People Who Know The Value Of Banking System.I Will Wait For Your Rsponce.
Contact Me with my Tel:+ 234-80-66-305427

Kind Regards
Mr.Collins Wilson

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