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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. EDWARD BRADLEY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <edwardbradley29@aol.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2013 10:46:43 +0100
Subject: KINDLY PARTNER WITH ME IN THIS MUTUAL PROJECT !!!

From: Mr. Edward Bradley.
United Kingdom.
Reply To: info.edwardbradley1@aol.co.uk

Hello,

I have the pleasure of contacting you on this very important matter. I am an auditor with a leading auditing firm here in UK. We are external auditors to a well known bank here in the United Kingdom. And we have so been for over 15years now.


I seek your cooperation and collaboration, to transfer the sum of £15,000,000 {Fifteen million Pounds Sterling}, from this UK bank, to any bank account of your choice, anywhere in the world, for your benefit and mine.
The above sum is accumulated accruals and deductions, arising from within the bank, in the ordinary course of its normal banking activities, over a long period of time.

And it has continued to increase. I became privy to this sum in the course of our periodic auditing of the bank’s books and records. I know exactly what to do and how to do each and everything that ought to be done, to make the transfer out the fund possible. Moreover, I have the unflinching co-operation/collaboration of the three most relevant key officials of the bank, and together, we will cause the above amount to be paid in your favor, anywhere on earth, with no problems at all.


Upon the successful transfer of the funds from UK to your chosen/nominated bank a/c, you and I will share the transferred sum on equal basis of 50%:50% ratios. Even if your bank a/c has zero, or 1p, or $1 credit in it, it can receive the funds, as long as the account is outside UK. Bank accounts denominated or operated in any other convertible currency is acceptable for receiving the funds too.


All necessary arrangements have already been concluded between me and these three key/relevant officials of the bank in question, where this fund is currently domiciled, regarding both the procedure and success of the transaction. My responsibility now is only finding an honest person, to collaborate with us in this transaction, to enable us transfer the said funds out of UK. And that is why I am contacting you. It does not matter whether you have any financial intelligence, or experience, or not.


I pledge that this transaction will be executed under a transparent arrangement, which will be above board in all respects and protect us from any breach of law. Suffice it for me to add that water-tight arrangements have been put in place, for a successful conclusion of this transaction. Moreover, everything will be done genuinely and legitimately without cutting corners.



If you are willing to collaborate with me in this transaction, please respond to this mail, by immediate return e-mail and we will take it from there.


The total amount available currently is £23,000,000 British Pounds sterling. However, we will start by first wiring £15,000,000 British Pounds sterling and upon successful conclusion of this, to our mutual satisfactions; we will also process and wire the remaining balance of £8,000,000 British Pounds sterling.


Pls note that the transaction is time-bound.


I look forward to reading from you by return mail at: info.edwardbradley1@aol.co.uk

Best regard.

Mr. Edward Bradley.



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