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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. Richard Williams" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <chrisjab@e-mail.ua>
Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2014 22:35:41 -0300
Subject: Re: Accept My Kind Gesture.

Hello Old Friend.
How are you doing and how is your family? If you do not remember me you have received an email from me about the transferring of some funds into your bank account which we agreed to share the funds as soon as it was transferred to you in the past. But you refused to finance the transferring procedure (Transfer Fee/Transfer Charge) of the funds as at that time your reason best known to you. I have concluded the transfer with another interested personnel who financed the transfer.
I thank you for your great effort towards our unfinished transfer due to one reason or the other best known to you at that time. Due to the effort, courage and trustworthiness you showed during the course of the transaction, I want to compensate you and show my gratitude to you with the sum of One million five hundred thousand united states dollars ($1,500,000.00)
I have left an international certified bank draft for you, worth US$1,500,000.00 cash-able anywhere in the world. My dear friend, please contact my account officer Mr. Christopher John Arnold Bingham so that he will release the bank draft to you without any delay. At the moment, I'm very busy here in Russia, trying to invest my own share of the funds with my new partner. Please I will like you to accept this token with good faith as this is from the bottom of my heart.
 
CONTACT AGENT:Mr. Christopher John Arnold Bingham
EMAIL:  chrisjab@e-mail.ua
 
You should send him your full Name, telephone number, contact address and copy of ID for his reference and ask him to release the bank draft to you because i have instructed him to do so.
Thanks in anticipation.
Cordial wishes.
MR. RICHARD WILLAIMS
EX- BANK MANAGER.
 

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