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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: "Turkish Bank UK.my brother i just stR" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <micheal.davis67@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 08:27:17 +0200
Subject: Turkish Bank UK

Greetings,
We want to invest this fund with you, we have $65 Million US dollars that we want to move out for investment purpose in your country but I need a good partner I can trust. This fund is legal.
 
This is an excess revenue capital volume of over $65 million dollars in my position. I will send the fund to your account for safe keep. But the question is can I trust you when the funds gets to you? You will take your 35% for the assistance. Contact me if you are interested with all your direct contact detail and let us spell out the detail, terms and conditions. Looking forward to hearing from you
 
Regards
Micheal Davis.
Turkish Bank UK.

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