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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: Mike Stewart <mikestewart745@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2013 21:41:28 -0400
Subject: PROPOSAL FOR PARTNERSHIP COOPERATION



Greetings

My Name is Mike Stewart, I am the Chief Executive Officer at the UBS
Investment Bank, London, United Kingdom.

I personally discovered a dormant account with a total sum of
£16,800,000.00} SIXTEEN MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS}
during our Bank's Annual Year Account Auditing. Since the death of the
deceased, nobody has operated in this account till date. Moreover,
this account has NO BENEFICIARY attached to it. Definitely, this fund
will be confiscated by our BANKING ETHICS if it remains dormant for a
period of [10] year without any claims. In this regard, I earnestly
need your full cooperation in transferring this money out of our bank
to avoid our bank or government confiscating this fund.

You stand to earn 50% of this sum for your cooperation and please keep
this information secret to yourself alone.

Regards,

Mike Stewart.
Reply to: mikestewart745@yahoo.com.hk
Tel: +447700077209

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