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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: "Terry Johnson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <terry_johnson231@qq.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 23:15:01 +0400
Subject: CAN WE WORK AS PARTERNS

Good Day Dear,
 
Compliments of the day,before I introduce myself, I wish to inform you that this letter is real,so I urge you to treat it serious.I would have given you a call, but rather I decided to contact you via an email to get us acquainted since it is a safer way of private communication.
 
My name is Terry Johnson,I work with one of the leading Bank here United Kingdom. I would need your consent to present you as the next of kin to our late customer who died of heart attack in 2007. He was a wealthy business man who deposited a huge amount of ?17.3Million Pounds only {Seventeen Million Three Hundred Thousand British Pounds}in our Bank,he died without any registered next of kin as he was long divorced and had no child,am his personal account officer and the only person that knows about the account.
 
I was his account officer for 13years and have in my possession all the documents required to present you as his beneficiary next of kin,as my bank has mandated me to provide his next of kin or the fund will be confiscated as an unclaimed fund. I am now contacting you,so that I can present you to our bank as his next kin hence any person I presented will be accepted by our bank as our late client  next of kin since am the deceased account officer and I honestly believe that you can perfectly fit in as next of kin. We can work together to claim this fund, Please listen, this is real and goes on in Banks all over the world without people knowing.
 
So let us utilize this opportunity because it does not come always.A lot of customers open private accounts with different Banks without the knowledge of their families and when they die, such money will be lost to the Bank unless someone comes to claim it. This is how a lot of Bank Directors make so much money silently without the knowledge of any person,so we can equally do it,if you agree to work with me. As an insider,I will work out all the modalities and provide all the required documents to make sure that everything goes well. On your confirmation of this message and indicating your interest,I will furnish you with more details.
 
Note:that,the fund  will be transfer into any valid foreign account you will nominate, then upon a successful transfer without any disappointment from our side; I will then fly to meet you in your home destination/country for sharing.Thereafter I will also like to invest some part of my share money in your country.If you accept to work with me, you will be given 50% of the total money as your share and 50% for me. So the main question now is, will you partner me in this transaction,If you are willing to cooperate with me in this project, I await your positive response.
 
Meanwhile I will like you to get back to me with the following informations about yourself so that we can proceed.
 
Your Full Name..........................
Your Sex.................................
Your Age.................................
Your Country............................
Your Contact Address....................
Passport/Driving License...............
Marital Status..........................
Your Occupation..........................
Your Personal Mobile Number..............
Your Personal Fax Number.................
 
Thanks and be blessed,please get to me by mail,immediately you read this message for discussion,further explanation and for the onward transaction.
 
Your Sincerely.
 
Mr Terry Johnson
 

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