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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: Stanley Wagama <amodise01@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 17:46:50 +0200
Subject: GET BACK TO ME

Hello,
I sent you this email with sincere intent regardless how difficult it is to
trust others. It is about a client of my bank who passed away and left a
huge amount of US$15,200,000 unclaimed. Due to the unexpected the death of
this client, he did not nominate a beneficiary to claim his funds which are
now abandoned and nobody has ever applied to claim them. From my findings,
the funds can be released to you without any suspicion if you contact the
bank legitimately for the claim by presenting the right documents. I have
every information to guide you claim the funds without contravening the
laws since I cannot make the claim because I am a staff member of the bank.
If you are interested in this, kindly reply to;
wagamastanley@yahoo.com.hkand I will provide you further detail.

Regards,
Stanley.

Please send reply to: wagamastanley@yahoo.com.hk

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