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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: "Dr. Jerry Scott" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dr.jerryscott@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2013 10:42:46 -0200
Subject: Partnership Proposer - Treat as urgent

Dear Friend, compliments of the day to you my name is Dr Jerry Scott i am the foreign operations Department Director of one of the leading banks in United Kingdom. i have in my possession the sum 18.5 Million British pounds belonging to the late General Dawoud Abdallah Rajiha he deposited this amount in our bank two years ago late Dawoud Abdallah Rajiha before his death was former Deference Minister of Syria, But is not alive today to tell his stories how they were cut with A SUICIDE bomb attack carried out by a bodyguard, which killed the President Assad's brother-in-law, Assef Shawkat, and General Dawoud Abdallah Rajiha, the defense minister were victims of a blast during a high level security meeting. The Interior minister was also injured. our late customer late General Daoud Abdallah Rajha was among the most feared figures in Assad's inner circle. Government forces and opposition forces fight has resulted to crises that have rendered people homeless , so many killed also. Our late customer General Daoud Rajha had premonition of what will happen in future in Syria due to the war, as it stands now i have the possibility to transfer this money outside united kingdom to a reliable and trustworthy person for our mutual benefit,i wish to work with you in actualizing this transfer / transaction. Do bear in mind that the late general did not fill out the next of kin column in his account opening form which means that his deposited fund has no beneficiary since his no more living.so i want to present you to the bank as his partner and associate / next of kin to enable the bank transfer the fund to your bank account for our mutual benefit and sharing. MY dear this transaction is 100% risk free i have worked out all the modalities for a smooth and legal transfer of the money to your account,if you are interested please email me on this email address (dr.jerryscott@yahoo.co.uk) as soon as i hear from you i will let you know the modalities. Please note that on the arrival of the funds in your bank account we will share it in the following ratio 40% to you,50% to me while we will ri-en burse ourselves with the remaining 10% in case of any expenses that we may insure in executing the transaction,do forward to me urgently the following information. YOUR FULL NAME: ................... YOUR AGE: .................... YOUR OCCUPATION: ............... YOUR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: .................. YOUR DIRECT CELL PHONE NUMBER: .................. please send me all required information to my private email: dr.jerryscott@yahoo.co.uk Best regards, Dr. Jerry Scott

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