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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. KAVIN INGRAM" <mrkaviningram2@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrkaviningram1@live.com
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 21:58:09 +0200
Subject: DEAR FRIEND

DEAR FRIEND,

I KNEW THIS MESSAGE WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE. I AM AUDITING
AND ACCOUNTING MANAGER IN BANK OF AFRICA (BOA), OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA
FASO. I HOPED THAT YOU WILL NOT EXPOSE OR BETRAY THIS TRUST AND
CONFIDENT THAT I AM ABOUT TO IMPOSE ON YOU FOR THE MUTUAL BENEFIT OF
OUR FAMILIES.I NEED YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE IN TRANSFERRING THE SUM OF
(? 20.5 MILLION EUROS) TO YOUR ACCOUNT WITHIN 10 TO 17 BANKING DAYS.

THIS MONEY HAS BEEN DORMANT FOR YEARS IN OUR BANK WITHOUT ANY BODY
CLAIMING THE FUND.I WANT THE BANK TO RELEASE THE MONEY TO YOU AS THE
NEAREST PERSON TO OUR DECEASED CUSTOMER (THE OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT)
DIED ALONG WITH HIS SUPPOSED NEXT OF KIN .

I DON'T WANT THE MONEY TO GO INTO OUR BANK TREASURER ACCOUNT AS AN
ABANDONED FUND.SO THIS IS THE REASON WHY I CONTACTED YOU SO THAT THE
BANK CAN RELEASE THE MONEY TO YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO THE DECEASED
CUSTOMER. PLEASE I WOULD LIKE YOU TO KEEP THIS PROPOSAL AS A TOP
SECRET AND DELETE IT IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED.UPON RECEIPT OF YOUR
REPLY.

I WILL GIVE YOU FULL DETAILS ON HOW THE BUSINESS WILL BE EXECUTED
AND ALSO NOTE THAT YOU WILL HAVE 30% OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED SUM IF YOU
AGREE TO HANDLE THIS BUSINESS WITH ME.AND 10% WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR
ANY EXPENSES THAT ARISES ON THE PROCESS BEFORE THE FUND GET INTO YOUR
BANK ACCOUNT SUCH AS TELEPHONE CALLS BILLS (ETC).

I LOOKING FORWARD RECEIVING YOUR RETURN MAIL OR CALLING ,THANKS AND
HAVE A GREAT DAY.

1.NAME IN FULL:....................
2.ADDRESS:.......................
3.NATIONALITY:...................
4.AGE:.5.Sex.....................
6.OCCUPATION ....................
7.MARITAL STATUS:.................
8.PHONE..........................
9. FAX:..........................

BEST REGARD.
MR KAVIN INGRAM

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