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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: David Craig <crvdcdc19@msn.com>
Reply-To: <dddvidcraig@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 15:19:35 +0000
Subject: REPLY










Hello,



I am Mr. David Craig, the client manager of a Finance House here
in Europe. I saw your contact during my private search at the information
centre and I have a deep believe that you will be very honest, committed and
capable of assisting me in this business venture.



It is based on this that I am contacting you to stand as the
beneficiary to a late client of the Finance House a business mogul Dr George
Graham so that the total sum of $15.5million (Fifteen Million Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only.) will be released and
paid to you as the beneficiary to the deceased in line with the Bank of England
instruction to all the commercial banks.



This will be disbursed or shared in these percentages, 60% to me
and 40% to you. I have secured all necessary legal documents that can be used
to back up this claim we are making. All i need is to fill in your names to the
documents and I will legalize it in the court here to prove you as the
legitimate beneficiary. All I require now is your honest Co-operation,
Confidentiality and Trust to enable us see this transaction through. I
guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law .



If this proposal satisfies you, respond to me with the following
information: FULL NAMES, TELEPHONE/FAX, MOBILE NUMBERS, ADDRESS, AGE / SEX and
OCCUPATION.



I anticipate your urgent response to enable us proceeds.



Sincerely,

Mr. David Craig




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