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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: Joe O Harris <joemharris0@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <joeharrism11@live.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 21:48:21 +0100
Subject: Fra Joe O. Harris


Fra Joe O. Harris,
Mobil: 00 44 77 000 500 46.

Tak til den dag, jeg kontakter dig for en gensidig gavnlig virksomhed med tror du ikke vil forråde mig til sidst. Jeg Joe Owen Harris, chef for Primeline, NatWest Bank plc, her i England.. Under den seneste revision af bankkonti og tjenesteydelser i vores bank, opdagede jeg en ikke-hjemmehørende bankkonto, som ikke er blevet opereret for en lang tid. Efter en diskret undersøgelse, fandt jeg ud af, at ejeren af ​​denne konto var en amerikansk Edgar Bane Sr, en multi-millionær business Mogul, der døde som orkanen Katrina skyllet væk sit hjem helt i august 2005. Indtil nu kender ingen, om hans bankkonto med NatWest Bank og min videre efterforskning viste, at den afdøde nærmeste familie også døde i tragedien. Denne konto har GBP? 17,1 mio (sytten millioner et hundrede tusinde Britiske pund sterling) kun.

Jeg kontakter dig som en udlænding, med henblik på at arrangere med dig overførslen af ​​disse penge ud af kontoen, før vores næste revision af bankkonti. Hvis bankens ledelse finde ud af, at denne konto er blevet latent i disse lange, vil det blive indefrosset, og pengene vil blive returneret til banken statskassen, som uafhentede offentlige midler. Derfor ønsker jeg dig til at stå som "Foreign modtageren". Jeg har brug for dit fulde samarbejde for at gøre denne transaktion fungere perfekt ud, fordi bankens ledelse er parat til at godkende den umiddelbare udbetaling til hvem der ville blive præsenteret som modtageren om at disse penge. En perfekt overførsel strategi ville blive sat på plads i dit navn er legalt, så ingen vil tro dine krav.

Med mine stillinger og indflydelse her, dette beløb vil blive re-profileret til din fordel og overføres til en oversøisk bankkonto / s, du vil nominere, men med en forsikring fra Dem om, at disse penge vil forblive sikker i din varetægt indtil min ankomst til at deltage dig for at sikre min andel. For din deltagelse i denne aftale, vil du modtage 40% af det samlede beløb. Venligt overveje dette tilbud med det samme og send mig dine oplysninger som følger; dit fulde navn, din kontakt adresse og dit direkte mobilnummer, for at starte re-profilering af fonden til dit navn som arving modtager. Du er velkommen til at ringe til mig for yderligere drøftelser og vejledning om, hvad der forventes af dig. Jeg vil tælle på din følelse af hemmeligholdelse og fortrolighed, for at undgå risikable eksponering, i betragtning af den følsomhed og størrelsen af ​​dette projekt.

Jeg spændt ser frem til dit hurtigt svar, så vi kan starte.

Med venlig hilsen,

Joe O. Harris
Leder af Primeline,
NatWest Bank plc.------From Mr Joe O. Harris,Mobile: 00 44 77 000 500 46. Compliments of the day, I am contacting you for a mutual beneficial business with believe you will not betray me at the end. I am Mr Joe Owen Harris; Head of Primeline, NatWest Bank plc., here in England. During the recent auditing of bank accounts and services of our bank; I discovered a non-resident bank account which have not been operated for a long time. After a discrete enquiry, I found out that the owner of this account was an American Mr Edgar Bane Sr., a multi-millionaire business Mogul who died as Hurricane Katrina washed away his home completely in August 2005. Until now, nobody knows about his bank account with NatWest Bank and my further investigation proved that the deceased immediate family also died in the tragedy. This account holds GBP?17.1 Million (Seventeen Million one Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterling) only.I contact you as a foreigner; in order to arrange with you the transfer of this money out from the account, before our next auditing of bank accounts. If the bank management find out that this account has been latent for these long, it will be frozen and the money will be returned to the bank treasury, as unclaimed public funds. Therefore I want you to stand as the "Foreign Beneficiary". I need your full co-operation to make this transaction work out perfectly because the bank management is ready to approve the immediate payment to whoever that would be presented as beneficiary to this money. A perfect transfer strategy would be put in place in your name legally, so that nobody will suspect your claims. With my positions and influence here; this money would be re-profiled to your favour and transferred to any overseas bank account/s you will nominate, but with an assurance from you that this money will remain safe in your custody pending my arrival to join you for securing my share. For your involvement in this deal, you will receive 40% of the total amount. Kindly consider this offer immediately and send me your information as follows; Your Full Name, your Contact Address And your direct Mobile phone Number, to start re-profiling of the fund to your name as the heir beneficiary. Feel free to call me for further discussions and guidance on what is expected of you. I will count on your sense of secrecy and confidentiality, in order to avoid risky exposure, considering the sensitivity and magnitude of this project.I am anxiously looking forward to your urgent response, so we can start off.Best Regards,Mr Joe O. HarrisHead of Primeline,NatWest Bank plc.

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