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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.David Mckay" <davidmkay.rbc@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 13:18:47 -0400
Subject: FROM MR. DAVID I MCKAY - VITAL AND CONFIDENTIAL




ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
MR. DAVID MCKAY
http://www.rbc.com/newsroom/down2-mckay.html
03-22-2014

Dear Sir/Ma,


I am Mr. DAVID I. McKay, The Personal Financial Services and Business
Financial Services businesses, as well as RBC's Canadian sales and branch
distribution. The World Largest Fund Management Company with over ?1.2
Trillion Capital Investment Fund. Nevertheless, as the RBC Financial
Services Officer, I handle all our Investor's Direct Capital Funds and
secretly extracted 1.2% Excess Maximum Return Capital Gain (EMRCP) per
annual on each of the Investor's Marginal Capital Fund.

As an expert, I have made over ?5,500,000.00 from the Investor's EMRCP and
hereby looking for someone to trust who will stand as an Investor to
receive the fund as Annual Investment Proceeds from RBC Marginal Capital
Fund. All confirm able documents to back up the claims will be made
available to you prior to your acceptance.

Meanwhile, I have worked out the modalities and technicalities whereby the
funds can be claimed in any of our 6 Clearing Houses without any hitches.
Our sharing ratio will be 50-50%. If you are interested, you should send
your direct phone number so we could discuss.

N:B: Do not contact my office number or email, all correspondence must be
on this box. This is a serious transaction and I need a trust worthy
partner, you could view my information about me with the link below

http://www.rbc.com/newsroom/down2-mckay.html

Sincerely,
Mr. David I. Mckay

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