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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: "Brian Miller" <Br@mail.com>
Reply-To: brianq09@qq.com
Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2013 14:00:14 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Business Proposal


Dear Friend,

Top of the day to you,My name is Brian Miller, am an accountant at the
RBS.Thanks for Giving me the opportunity to inform you on a very
important Business Proposal on my desk that will be of immense benefit to
both of us. with that said i want you to know that this proposal is 100%
risk free, before i go into detail i want you to know We will share in
the Ratio of 50/50 % at the end of this deal. All i require is your
capable hands and your honest cooperation. we stand to gain 28 millions
us dollars before the end of this year.I need you to signify your
interest by replying to this email.

I will make more details available to you on receipt of a positive
response.For more information please contact me on miller.brain@kimo.com
immediately.


Warm Regards.
Brian Miller

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