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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. Chris Oliver" <oliverchris660@gmail.com>
Reply-To: chrisoliver005@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 23:31:53 +0200
Subject: GOOD DAY

Dear Partner

With due respect, I need to introduce myself to you, I am Mr Chris
Oliver a citizen of UK I am a banker by profession. My main purpose
of sending you this message is that I want you and I to do a business
that will benefit the both of us, I work with Intelligent Investment
bank as an audit and accounting manager in London, I am pleased to
contact you because of your last name and it’s going to benefit the
both of us, that’s if you can be trusted and not to betray me at the
end of this business.

Why I am pleased to contact you is that you bear the same last name
with a late client of our bank who died on January 12 2010 Earthquake
disaster in Haiti, that killed over 200,000 people, And it will be
very easy for me to use you as the next of kin to the deceased account
so that the fund can be moved to you as the next of kin to the
deceased.

It will be my pleasure if we can do this business together and share
this money 50/50 and there is no risk at all because I don’t want to
be greedy here, the deceased, lodged the sum of 15M British Pounds
Sterling in our bank and I am his account officer and I know what to
do to put your name in the bank DATA BASE as the next of kin to the
deceased account, automatically you will be the next of kin to the
fund and there will be no trace for that, I assure you that this
transaction is 100 % risk free that’s if you will not betray me at the
end of this transaction.

If you are interested to do this business deal with me, kindly contact
me with details via my direct E-mail: mr.chrisoliver26@yahoo.co.uk
notwithstanding, this business must be confidential between you and
me, please I repeat, no third party must know anything about this
transaction.

Hope this mail finds you in good faith.
I remain respectfully.

Mr. Chris Oliver
E-Mail: chrisoliver005@gmail.com
My Direct Phone Number:
+447423689948

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