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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: "David Gardlik" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <gardlik_david11@barid.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 21:12:07 -0500
Subject: Dear Friend !!

Dear Friend,

First, I must apologize in advance if the contents of this email do not meet with your approval; I humbly crave your

indulgence.

My name is David Gardlik, I am a South African, an accountant by profession. I work with one of the lottery companies

here in the United States.

In my capacity as an accountant in my company am involved in the preparation and approval of prizes ledgers to our

lottery winners. I have been working with my company for more than 10 years, highly experienced and acquainted with all

the financial issues about winnings, out payments and unclaimed winnings.

I am contacting you because we have loads of unclaimed lottery winnings in my company which I would like to take as an

opportunity to better my life, by repatriating some of the unclaimed winning funds for myself, as I know that these

funds will be cleared and distributed to several sectors, including health, education and charitable causes at the
expiry date of claims, if the winner do not come forward to claim their prizes. I cannot make claim to these unclaimed

lottery winnings in my name because I work with these lottery organisation is the reason that am contacting you to seek

your consent to present you as one of the Lucky winner, so that the proceeds of a winner can be paid to you as the
winner based on the information am going to pass on to you if we come to an agreement.

My proposal to you is simple and the reality of it can be read and verified on the yahoo news link below:

http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/-1-1bn-unclaimed-Lottery-yahoofinanceuk-52515852.html

If you have a good business plan, we can re-profile the claimed lottery winning funds on it
or share the funds in the following ratio: 50% for me, 50% for you out rightly.

I will assure you that all modalities for the successful conclusion of this transaction have been put in place and it is

100% risk free. I shall ensure that all relevant information and legal documents that may be needed to actualize this

transaction will be provided. All I require from you is your honest cooperation and keep the transaction top

confidential, to enable us succeed. I guarantee you that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will

protect you from any breach of the law. I would also need you bear with me for not using my company's letter heading to

contact you as it's a proposed personal and confidential project between myself and you.

Please note that I am not just looking for anybody to do this with, but a reliable and trustworthy person, based on the

huge amount of money involved in this project.

If you wish to work with me, write back soon and if we can work together, I will give you a detailed explanation on the

project and how easy it's going to be for us to claim the winning and how to begin.

Please reply me by email for now to give me your consent, and then I can provide my personal telephone number to

establish communication with you.

I expect your swift response.

Regards,
David Gardlik.
Email: david_gardlik112@barid.com

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