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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: <chriscnyel18@PrimeTrustFiancialS863.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <chriscnyel44@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 21:46:10 +0530
Subject: The Matter That Needs Your Urgent Attention


Dear, I am Chris Courtney,originally from Montana, United States of America=
and I have lived in Indiana for years with my wife and kids. I love my fam=
ily very well and would not want to disappoint them for any reason. Take th=
is transaction very serious and be careful to avoid mistakes. A citizen of =
India, Late Mr. Sarin Gupta who lived and worked in the States as an intern=
ational businessman deposited in our bank the sum of Five million, Seven hu=
ndred and Thirty thousand US Dollars (US$5,730,000.00) and for this reason =
I am contacting you to help to get back the money left behind by him. This =
is safe, beneficial and will not endanger your position or reputation, else=
I would not have contacted you as I am presently the Director of Business =
Services of the bank here in Indiana Midwestern United States of America. H=
is account has been dormant for about four years now and all effort to reac=
h him failed. His telephone number cannot be reached, emails sent to him ke=
pt bouncing back as undelivered and we never got any response from the lett=
ers posted to his residential address. This issue prompted me to carry out =
an independent investigation about his whereabouts since he did not provide=
a beneficiary at the time he opened the account with us only to find out t=
o my greatest surprise, that he died in New York in 2009 while on vacation =
there. His death has not been reported to our bank from that time till this=
moment and nobody in our bank is aware of this except me. I have made seve=
ral enquiries at your embassy and passport offices and I could not get any =
information on him to enable me reach any of his relatives and for this rea=
son I want you to apply as his Cousin in order to claim the money from our =
bank. It does not matter if you were his Cousin or not. I am the Director o=
f Business Services of our bank and will sign the final approval of your ap=
plication. Once approved, the money will be transferred to any account you =
will provide. Upon the receipt of the money, I will come over to your count=
ry to meet with you in order to share the money. The money shall be shared =
into two parts respectively (60:40) for me and you after deducting all cost=
s incurred in the process of getting it. I have all the copies of the neces=
sary documents required to back up this claim and all I want now is your ho=
nest cooperation to enable us make this claim within the shortest time poss=
ible. Write back to me via chriscnyel44@hotmail.com to confirm your willing=
ness to do this with me and I shall inform you on what next to do to make s=
ure you receive the money. If nothing is done immediately, the money will b=
e returned to the national treasury by our bank and me and you will gain no=
thing from it. If on the other hand you are not willing to do this, please =
inform me so I can immediately look for someone else. Thank you for your ki=
nd understanding. Yours sincerely, Mr. Chris Courtney. +1 765 228 2533

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