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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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Fraud email example:

From: Mr Gardner Charles <ofice_desk2011@att.net>
Reply-To: garnercharles@rediffmail.com
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 19:34:26 -0800 (PST)
Subject: REACT NOW

Greetings,

Please, pardon me for invading your privacy but I do really need your help! I am Mr. Gardner Charles. Director, Auditing and Accounting Habib Bank,London UK. My department came across the sum of $31.4 million US Dollars (Thirty One Million, Four Hundred Thousand United State Dollars only) belonging to one Deceased Engr Timothy Chung, 54 years, of United State of America who died in a plane crash who is an Oil Servicing Engineer working with Exxon Mobil Plc,London UK. [Korean Air Flight 801] with the whole passengers onboard on August 6,1997.And for your perusal you can view this web site
[http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/ 9708/06/guam.passenger.list])
Since we discovered the information, we have been expecting his Next of Kin or relations to come over and claim the money because we cannot release it unless somebody applies as the Next of Kin or Relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guideline and Law here.A leap on our investigation revealed that Engr Timothy Chung's only daugther whom he used as his next of kin was also involved in the same plane crash as above.
I need you to stand in as the next of kin to the deceased so that i will use my infulence as an insider to perfect all documentation and effect the transfer of the said amount to your account for sharing and investment.We will agree on sharing formula which will be negotiable.
Get back to me through:garnercharles@rediffmail.com
Gardner Charles.









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