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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: Roy Gautam <mackmack8e@mailerwebb61197.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <roygautam07@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 23:43:21 +0530
Subject: GOOD DAY


Hello! It is my great pleasure to write you this letter on behalf of my col=
leagues. Your information was given to me by a member of the India Export P=
romotion Council (IEPC) who was with the Government delegation on a trip to=
overseas country for bilateral conference talks to encourage foreign inves=
tors. I have decided to seek a confidential co-operation with you in the ex=
ecution of the deal hereunder for the benefit of all parties and hope you w=
ill keep it confidential because of the nature of this business. Within the=
Department of Minerals & Energy where I work as a Director of Audit and Pr=
oject Implementation and with the co-operation of three other top officials=
, we have in our possession an overdue payment in US Dollar funds. The said=
funds represent certain percentage of the total contract value executed on=
behalf of my Department by a foreign contracting firm, which we the offici=
als over-invoiced to the amount of US$22,000,000.00 (Twenty Two Million Uni=
ted States Dollars) Though the actual contract cost has been paid to the or=
iginal contractor, leaving the excess balance unclaimed. Since the present =
Government is determined to pay all foreign contractor's debts owed in orde=
r to maintain good relationship with foreign governments and non-government=
al agencies. We intend to include our bills for approvals with the Departme=
nt of Finance and the Contracts Award and Payments Committee. So we are see=
king your assistance to front as beneficiary of the unclaimed funds, since =
we are not allowed to operate foreign accounts. Details and change of benef=
iciary information upon application for claim to reflect payment and approv=
als will be secured on behalf of you/your company. I have the authority of =
my partners involved to propose that should you be willing to assist us in =
this transaction your share as compensation will be so negotiated and agree=
d upon by both you and we on this side, before further details will change =
hands to enhance our primary objective. The mode of sharing after a success=
ful transfer of the money into your account, shall be 70% to my colleagues =
and I, for the role you will be expected to play in this deal, we have agre=
ed to give you 25% of the total sum and 5% for the expenses we are going to=
encounter by the two parties at the course of this transaction. The busine=
ss is completely safe and secure, provided you treat it with utmost confide=
ntiality. It does not matter whether you/your company does contract project=
s as a transfer of powers will be secured in favor of you/your company to s=
ettle any legality. Also, your area of specialization is not a hindrance to=
the successful execution of this transaction. I have reposed my confidence=
in you and hope that you will not disappoint us. I expect your urgent resp=
onse to enable us conclude this transaction urgently without any hitch. Kin=
dly notify me via my email for further details upon your acceptance of this=
proposal. Please reply to this Email: roygautam07@outlook.com Thanks for y=
our co-operation. Regards, Mr. Roy Gautam=20

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