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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. Robert kerr" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <robertkerr@engineer.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 01:19:21 +0200
Subject: Dear Friend,

Dear Friend,


I am Mr. Robert kerr Ho, Foreign Operations Manager of the Bank of South Africa(Ned Bank).I have an obscured business suggestion for you.Our late client named Ali Jassim makes a fixed deposit amounting to $ 17,300,000, he did not declare any next of kin throughout his working paper.

I want you, as a Foreigner to stand as the beneficiary of this transfer of funds from my bank to your account, after the successful transfer; we will share a ratio of 40% for you and 60% for me. I want to assure you that everything is well planned as we will do so in line with all legal requirements and banking laws. All I need from you is your wiliness, trust and confidentiality so that we can work together to achieve success.if you are interested please send me your details as follow.

Email; robertkerr@engineer.com

1, Full names,2, private phone number,3, current residential address.
Your earliest response to this letter will be appreciated.

Kind Regards,

Robert Kerr

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