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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: "Kristopher Dominick" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kristdominick@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 03:35:43 -0600
Subject: Re: Proposal.

 
Dear Friend,
 
I am Mr. Kristopher Dominick an Attorney in Madrid Spain. I have packaged a financial transaction that will be
 
beneficial to both of us. I am the Attorney to late Madam Sapphira Mara Alba of Australia.
 
I am contacting you through this letter based on the latest development at my late client’s bank which i will
 
like to bring to your personal notice in order for you to help me secure the fund left behind by my late client
 
whom i am her Attorney to avoid the fund being confiscated by her bank.
The sum of  Four Million, Two Hundred and Eighty Thousand Euro(€4,280,000.00) was left behind by my late client
 
before her death, so i wish to present you to her Bank as the Next of Kin to my late client, so that the fund
 
will now be transferred to you as the Next of Kin, because i have made every human effort to contact any of her
 
direct relations but to no avail and her bank has given me a deadline to present any of her relations or her
 
Next of Kin, if not the fund will be confiscated by the bank.
 
This informed my contacting you for us to work together so that you can assist to receive the fund into your
 
bank account for us to SHARE. You will take 50% of the total fund as your share, while i will take 50% after the
 
fund has been transferred into your account. Note that there is practically no risk involved, it will be bank to
 
bank transfer. If you accept this offer to work together with me, i will appreciate it very much. I do solicit
 
for your strictest confidence in this transaction.
 
This is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential and TOP SECRET. This transaction desire absolute
 
confidentiality and professionalism in handling of this matter.
 
Please let me know what your response will be to this offer of receiving this fund and if the above proposal is
 
acceptable by you and you sincerely wish to assist. I will urgently want you to mail to me the information as
 
stated below so that we can commence with the transaction.
 
(1) Your full names and address.
 
(2) Your telephone or your mobile number.
 
(3) Copy of your passport, ID card or driver's license.
 
(4) Your Occupation.
 
I apologize for disturbing you as this mail might be termed unsolicited by you since it is being written to you
 
without your prior consent. Please if you don't want this business offer kindly forget it, as i will not contact
 
you again.
 
Anticipating  to hearing from you soonest.
 
Yours Faithfully
Mr. Kristopher Dominick
Madrid,Spain

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