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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: Christopher Rhodes <christorhodes@aol.co.uk>
Reply-To: christorhodes@globomail.com
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 17:06:42 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Business Proposal


My name is Christopher Rhodes, the chief Financial Officer at the
Alliance-Leicester Bank United Kingdom. My contacting you is based on
a discovery of a dormant account with the sum of 28.250.390.00
(Twenty Eight Million, Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand,Three Hundred
and Ninety Pounds Sterling) only. This account has bee dormant since
the year 2000.

I will like you stand as the Next Of Kin to the deceased as no one has
come up for this funds since the year 2000. I would disclose more
details about this transaction upon your agreement work together to
inherit this funds.

It will be in my interest to work and finish this transaction with
you. If you can be a collaborator to this transaction, please indicate
your positive interest immediately for us to proceed if not please
ignore. Remember this is absolutely confidential because my Bank does
not know about it.

Get back to me on my private email address,
christorhodes@globomail.com, 44 704 572 4839


Warmest regards,
Christopher Rhodes,
Chief Financial Officer,
Alliance-Leicester Bank.
United Kingdom.

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