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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: S Kennedy <kennedystone@univision.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 05:45:33 +0000
Subject: hello

Dear friend,
I am Justice Kennedy Stone, I contact you because of your surname name
which related to my deceased client who died 8 years ago, he has the same
last name with you from your country, or it could be your family member, he
deposited $5.5 Million dollars in a bank here. after 8 years of his death,
his Bank has been looking for his family member but to no avail, Bank gave
me authority to provide any of his relative for the transferring of the
fund. i contact you because you have the same surname name with my late
client, and I have the legal power to present you to the bank as the family
member of my late client and legally declare you as the next of kin to
claim the fund,

If you are interested ,We will reach agreement over my commission 30%
before we go further , if you are interested in this offer send me the
following information to present you to the bank as the family member and
bank will contact you for the process the transfer to you immediately
(1) Your full name ..........
(2) Age .............
(3 ) Country ..................
(4 ) phone .............
(5 ) profession .................

Justice Kennedy Stone

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