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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: "Mr. Brian Long" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <BrianLong@qq.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 15:47:50 +0100
Subject: Commonwealth Bureau of Assessment

Sir,

Be informed that we have scheduled the 31st day of March, 2014 for the

concluding part payment to you of the sum of $5,688,000 due to you as

the bonafide beneficiary.

 

Accordingly, you are hereby advised to contact us for your Due

Process Certificate which as you already know, must be submitted to

your receiving bank as a proof of ownership of the fund to avoid

inquiries of any sort from your local financial regulatory

authorities.

 

We will on your response, avail you with the  Liability Assessment

Analysis of all the fees and charges accruable to you in respect to

this final part payment transfer as these charges will as you already

know be deducted from your payment sum before the transfer is effected

to you on the scheduled date as stated above.

 

Please ensure that your request for the Due Process Certificate

reaches us not later than 3 working days to the scheduled transfer

date as this will enable us prepare the Payment Transfer Encryption in

readiness for the scheduled transfer date.

Note that the Due Process Certificate and the Liability Assessment

Analysis are entirely free and do not attract any form of fees. Please

be accordingly guided.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation

Respectfully,   

Mr. Brian Long

Commonwealth Bureau of Assessment

Africa Regional Office

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