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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. Adrian Richardson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <alert191@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2011 15:20:06 -0500
Subject: Thank You and Get Back To Me

 
 
 
I am Mr. Adrian Richardson, a citizen of United Kingdom, the Branch manager, (Bank Of China) Married with two children. I am writing this letter to ask for your support and co-operation to carry out this business opportunity in my department, On Oct 31, 1999, a Citizen of Iran Oil consultant/contractor with Petroleum Corporation, Dr. Mohammed Galal, made a numbered time (fixed) deposit for twelve calendar months, Valued at US$80,500,000.00 (Eighty Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) in my branch upon maturity.
 
I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers, the Petroleum Corporation that Dr. Mohammed Galal, died in the plane crash On Oct 31, 1999, with other passengers on board as you can confirm it yourself via
 
the website below: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/11/01/iran/main49778.shtml
 
Most storming of my discovery was that, all records bear no next of kin, meaning no member of Dr. Mohammed Galal, family knows about the deposit therefore, no member of his family will ever come forward to claim the money, In order for the bank not to transfer the said sum of Eighty Million, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($80,500,000.00) as unclaimed funds to the emirates treasury account, the above stated funds most be claimed immediately by somebody standing in as late Dr. Mohammed Galal Nest of kin.
 
That is why i have contacted you to come and stand in as the nest of kin to this fund and i shall update you with the vital information you need to do in oreder to get this fund released to you.
 
I want you to know that before we go further, i will like you to know my reason why i am willing to assist you get this money payed to you as the nest of kin. Once this fund is released to you, you will take 60% of this fund for yourself as THE NEST OF KIN  while i take 40% of the remain fund as my own percentage on this deal.
 
I want you to know that if you agree to this my percentage, i will use my office power as the bank Manager to see that this released processing will not take more then two weeks, because of the document that will be procure and change in your favor as the nest of kin.
 
I want you to get back to me with a confirmation letter that you have gone threw my emails and ready to deal on my view agreement.
 
Note" It is not composer y that you will accept this offer because of the money involve, because i want you to know that this project we are about to agreed upon will required money for processing and filling up this document legal at the Royal High Court before presenting it to the Bank for payment.
 
So i want you to know that this project required fund and you will be ready to spend when needed because as i have spoken , i will use my office power to super-speed the payment process and accreditation once the document is procure.
 
So if you are interested, you are to get back to me with your information as stated below :
 
Name:
Address:
Telephone:
Aged:
Sex:
Marital Statue:
Blood Group:
A recent Passport ID of you.
 
Once i received this information correctly, i will get back to you with update next.
 
Thank you for your understanding.
Email: alert191@gmail.com
 

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