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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: branko@inecco.net
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 06:21:24 +0100
Subject: EMAIL ME VIA: ( 2018896904@qq.com ).

Email: 2018896904@qq.com

I am Mr. Sven Neumann, Principal Officer Private Banking Dept of the Swiss Bank
Corporation (UBS) Basel , Switzerland. I am getting in touch with you regarding
the Estate of a deceased client with similar last name and an investment placed
under our Bank management 6 years ago.Given my exclusive access to his file,
you will be made the beneficiary of this fund under my careful supervision to
you and on verification, which will be the details I make available to my bank,
my bank will contact you. If we can be of one accord for a settlement of mutual
benefit, please get back to me for more details. My private email address;
2018896904@qq.com

I await your response.


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