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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: "DAVE GILLELAND" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dave.gillelandjhbl@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 10:38:14 +0100
Subject: Re: IN YOUR BEST INTEREST!

Dear client,
 
How are you doing today? I apologize if this message came to you as unsolicited. My name is Mr. Dave Gilleland, Deposit manager at Julian Hodge Bank Limited Cardiff UK. Before us is a great opportunity, described here-under for our mutual benefit and hope you will understand the nature of the transaction and keep it a top secret. On February 10, 2011, my client who is into real estate; Mr. Luis Hernandez, who was killed in Airplane crash at Cork Airport-Manx2 Flight 7100, Fairchild Metro liner III in the Republic of Ireland.
 
Due to how close I was with him during his deposits/transactions in our bank, I discovered that he left the sum of £12,500, 000.00 (Tweleve Million Five Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterling) without specifying any beneficiary as next of kin. The fund in question can only be released to specified next of Kin to Late Mr. Luis Hernandez.
 
Now this money is unclaimed fund; this is where I require assistance and seeks your consent to present you as the next of kin and beneficiary to the deceased so that we can move this money to your bank account. I have tried so much to keep the management in dark regards to this recent development and I would not want anything to jeopardize this transaction.
 
 
I assured you that this transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law both in your country and here in UK, upon consideration and acceptance of this offer. Kindly get back to me at your most early convenience so that I can brief you on the next line of action how we can proceed to transfer this fund to your account immediately. However, your percentage in this transaction is 45% while I will keep 55%.
 
Yours Faithfully
Dave Gilleland
Deposit Manager Julian Hodge Bank Limited
29 Windsor Place Cardiff CF10 3BZ.

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