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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: Robin Shepherd <robinshepherd01@freenet.lu>
Reply-To: robin.shepherd@freenet.lu
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 15:56:22 -0600
Subject: GOODWILL!



Dear Partner,

With due respect, I need to introduce myself to you, I am Robin
Shepherd a British citizen and a banker by profession. My main purpose
of sending this message to you is to seek for your partnership 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 your last name corresponds that of a deceased client in our bank
who died on 12th January 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 (15Million 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:
(robin.shepherd@freenet.lu)notwithstanding, this business must be
confidential between us. Even if you are not interested endeavor not
to disclose it to anyone. Thanks for your anticipated cooperation and
understanding, I await for your urgent and meaningful response.

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

Robin Shepherd.
E-Mail: (robin.shepherd@freenet.lu)

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