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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: <peterbrown5@UnitedNation287.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <peterbrownnn928@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 11:54:59 -0800
Subject: YOUR PAYMENT THROUGH ATM MASTER CARD.


MR. PETER BROWN 238 Roan Crescent Sage Corporate Park North Victoria Island=
Nigeria PRIVATE EMAIL (peterbrownnn928@yahoo.com) RE: TRANSFER OF ($48,223=
.000.00 USD}FORTY EIGHT MILLION TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY THREE THOUSAND DOLLA=
RS) INTO YOUR ACCOUNT. I feel quite safe dealing with you in this important=
business. Though, this medium (Internet)has been greatly abused, I choose =
to reach you through it because it still remains the fastest medium of comm=
unication. However,this correspondence is unofficial and private, and it sh=
ould be treated as such. At first I will like to assure you that this trans=
action is 100% risk and trouble free to both parties. My name is MR. Peter =
Brown, I work as the personal manager in account management section in char=
ge of credit and foreign bills of one of the prime banks here in Nigeria. O=
n a routine inspection I discovered a dormant domiciliary account with a Ba=
lance Of S$48,223,000. 00 (Forty eight million two hundred and twenty three=
thousand U.S dollar).On further discreet investigation, I also discovered =
that the account holder has died long ago with his family on a fatal Auto-a=
ccident leaving no beneficiary to the account and no other person knows abo=
ut this account. I am in close contact with the manager of the bank here wh=
o is my partner and he is willing to approve the transfer to any reliable a=
nd trustworthy foreigner with foreign bank account because the former opera=
tor of the a/c is a foreigner and from Australia in particular. I am certai=
nly sure that he has no written or oral WILL attached to the account , no b=
eneficiary and nobody will come again for the claim of this money. It is on=
ly a foreigner who can claim this money with legal claims to the account ho=
lder which I will provide to you if you are interested, therefore I need yo=
ur cooperation in this transaction. The difference in country of origins is=
not a hindrance to the success of this transaction. This money will remain=
useless in this dormant account if I did not transfer the fund out to a fo=
reign account. I will provide the necessary information and documents neede=
d in order to claim this money. I only need your cooperation as a foreigner=
to provide your safe bank account information for the transfer. All arrang=
ement that will ensure a smooth transfer of the fund to the account which y=
ou are to nominate is already in place.You should also provide me with your=
direct phone lines for easy communication. I wish for utmost confidentiali=
ty in handling this transaction. At the conclusion of this transaction, you=
r share will be 30% of the total transfer sum, 60% for me and my partner wh=
ile 10% will be set aside for any expenses both parties might inure during =
the process of the transfer. The fund will be transferred to your account i=
n two parts. I will first transfer $20USD Million to your account. I will f=
ly over to meet you after the successful transfer for sharing according to =
the agreed percentages.I will have the remaining balance of USD28,223 Milli=
on transferred to your account only after the successful sharing of the fir=
st transfer without any disappointment from your side. Let me hear from you=
URGENTLY. For further inquiries contact me through my private email addres=
s : (peterbrownnn928@yahoo.com) Best Regards, MR. Peter Brown.

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