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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:

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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447035964552 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: thehindu@web1.hinduonnet.com (may be fake)
Reply-To: m_pyle@live.com
Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 05:47:14 +0530
Subject: Article from The Hindu: Sent to you by YOUR FRIEND

Daylight Solicitors
14 & 15 Craven Street,
WC2N 5AD
London
Tel: +44 703 596 4552
Fax: +44 7005-931-284

Dear Friend ,

This is a personal email directed to you and i request that it should be treated as such.I am Michael Pyle, a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney/sole executor to ,a late national of your country,hereinafter referred to as my client' who worked as an independent oil merchant in my country and who died in a car crash with his immediate family on the 4th of Oct, 2006.

I carried out this search on you and i am contacting you because you bear a similar last name with that of my late client and the further reasons are as follows:

Since the death my client in Oct, 2006, i have written several letters to your embassy with an intent to locate any of his extended relatives whom shall be claimants/beneficiaries of his abandoned personal estate and all such efforts have been to no avail.

However, going by the recent publications by the bank in which my client deposited the sum of 5.8m U S D, i fear a likely winding up proceedings in the coming months;i seek your consent therefore, to present you to the bank as my client's next of kin since you bear a similar last name with him so that you can help repatriate the money to a foreign account and i promise a fair share of 60%-40% in my favor of you at the end of the transfer.

If you are very interested, contact me through my email address, for better confidentiality as soon as possible and i shall appraise you with the full details.I want to assure that i have all the requirements to execute transfer and as soon as i obtain your consent,we can start up immediately. However, you will have to accent to an express agreement which I will forward to you in order to bind us in this transaction.

Like i said, i require only a solemn confidentiality on this. Please let me have your opinion as soon as possible.

You are therefore required to flourish me with the following information.
1: Your full name
2: Contact Address/Direct phone number
3: Name of Bank you are expecting to transfer your fund
4:identification, could be your international passport or drivers license

As soon as I receive this detail, I shall give you update on what to do to get the fund transferred to your account.

Email me back as soon as possible with the needed information.

Best Regards,
Michael Pyle.
Principal Partner.
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