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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 Smiths <lundbeck604@gmail.com>
Reply-To: davidsmiths1902@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 06:57:29 +0100
Subject: REF:- INSTRUCTION TO CREDIT YOUR ACCOUNT WITH THE SUM OF US$17.7000,000.00.

Royal Bank Of Scotland UK RBS,
Gogarburn PO Box 1000.
EDINBURGH, SCO EH12 1HQ United Kingdom
+447924012112

REF:- INSTRUCTION TO CREDIT YOUR ACCOUNT WITH THE SUM OF
US$17.7000,000.00.

This is to notify you about this said fund.After due vetting and evaluation
of your file that was sent to us by the Nigeria

Government in conjunction with the Ministry of Foreign Affair and Central
Bank of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

This bank has an instruction to see to the immediate release of the sum of
US17.7000,000.00 Thousand United States Dollars

Only). of your Inheritance fund claim that has been holding since is
transferred into your bank Account from their

Domiciliary Account with this Bank.

We were meant to understand from our findings that you have been going
through hard ways by passing through difficulties to

see to the release of your Six Million Seven Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars Only($17.7000,000.00), which has been the

handwork of some miscreant elements from that Country.

The only thing required from you is to obtain NON-RESIDENT CLEARANCE
CERTIFICATE, which we are not asking you to pay the fee

to us here in UNITED KINGDOM as the Government in conjunction with Ministry
of Foreign Affair has paid us for

handling/processing of your Payment with other customers. We will help you
to see that you obtain the mandatory Non-Resident

Clearance Certificate so that our bank will effect the Immediate transfer
of your Inheritance Fund Of ($17.7 000, 000.00)

into your designated bank account.

We advice that you stop further communication with any correspondence from
anywhere concerning your funds, because you don't

have to pass through any difficult to receive your fund, as you have meet
up with the whole requirements.

We know that your representatives in Nigeria or anywhere will advice you to
still go ahead with them, which will be at your

own risk.

Your Six Million Seven Hundred Thousand United States Dollars
Only($17.7000,000.00) will reflect into your designated Bank

Account within three (3) Bank working days from the day you obtain this
Non-Resident Clearance Certificate.

We also advice you not to go through anybody again but only through this
Bank if you really want your fund.

Finally, you are advice to re-confirm your below information ONLY to our
Fund Remittance Dept with the below email address in

other to avoid wrong transfer of your fund and also for easy communication:
(davidsmiths1902@yahoo.co.jp)

Your Full Name:...........
Your Contact Address:.........
Occupation:.......
Age:............
Private Telephone:..............

Once again, you are advice to direct your respond to our Fund Remittance
Dept. with the above email address.

Your immediate response is highly needed to enable us commence for the
transfer.

Congratulation to your inheritance fund.

Sorry if you receive this letter in your spam,Due to recent connection
error here in England

Thanks and God bless you.

Yours sincerely,

Dr.David Smiths.
Royal Bank Of Scotland
davidsmiths1902@yahoo.co.jp

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