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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: Francis MILLS <francismilgn@gmail.com>
Reply-To: francismills20@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 18:31:47 +0000
Subject: From: Mr. Francis MILLS-ROBERTSON//

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*From: Mr. Francis MILLS-ROBERTSON
Director Bills & Exchange
STANDARD CHARTER BANK LIMITED GHANA:


Good day,I am Mr. Francis MILLS-ROBERTSON, the Director Bills & Exchange.I
personally discovered a dormant account with a total sum of $49,000,000.00
(FOUR NINE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS) during our Bank's Annual Year
Account Auditing.

The owner of this dormant account died on 5th December 2005. Since the death
of the deceased, nobody has operated in this account till date. Moreover,
this account has NO BENEFICIARY attached to it. Definitely, this fund will
be confiscated by our BANKING CODE OF ETHICS if it remains dormant for a
period of (6) years without any claims. In this regard, I earnestly need
your full cooperation in transferring this dormant fund out of our bank to
avoid confiscating this fund. I will split the transfer into two 2 stages
for easy and smooth transfer.

First, I will transfer $19,000,000.00 to any valid foreign account you will
nominate, upon a successful transfer without any disappointment from your
side, I will then fly to meet you in your home destination for sharing, and
thereafter we jointly transfer the remaining balance of $30,000,000.00 for
magnitude investments.

If you are willing to cooperate in this project, I will give you details
immediately as soon as I hear from you with the following information in
order to proceed.

1) Full Name
2) Age
3) Marital Status
4) Cell Phone/Fax Number
5) Your Country
6) Occupation
7) Sex
8) Your Company

Please note that you are required to keep very confidential.
Yours truly,

Mr.Francis MILLS-ROBERTSON
Director Bills & Exchange
STANDARD CHARTERED BANK
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