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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. Howard Smith" <officemailfile@myuhuru.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 04:57:15 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: CONTACT HIM TODAY FOR YOUR BANK DRAFT!!

Hello my good friend.

How are you today? Hope all is well with you and yo= ur family?, You may not understand why this mail came to you.But if you do n= ot remember me, you might have receive an email from me in the past regardin= g a multi-million-dollar business proposal which we never concluded. I am us= ing this opportunity to inform you that this multi-million-dollar business h= as been concluded with the assistance of another partner from India who fina= nced the transaction to a logical conclusion.

I= thank you for your great effort to our unfinished transfer of fund into you= r account due to one reason or the other best known to you.But I want to inf= orm you that I have successfully transferred the fund out of my bank to my n= ew partner's account in India that was capable of assisting me in this great= venture.Due to your effort, sincerity, courage and trust worthiness You sho= wed during the course of the transaction.I want to compensate you and show m= y gratitude to you with the sum of $1,200,000.00. I have left a certified in= ternational bank draft for you worth of $1,200,000.00 cashable anywhere in t= he world.

My dear friend I will like you to con= tact my Account Officer Mr. Larry Blue for the collection of your bank draft= . I authorized him to release the Bank Draft to you whenever you contact him= regarding for it. At the moment, I'm very busy here because of the investme= nt projects, which I and the new partner are having at hand.Please I will li= ke you to accept this token with good faith as this is from the bottom of my= heart,Also comply with Mr. Larry's directives so that he will send the draf= t to you without any delay.

CONTACT: Mr. Larry = Blue.
Account Officer, Cot= onou,
His email address: m= r.larryblue@rocketmail.com

Therefore, you shoul= d send him your full Name and telephone number/your correct mailing address = where you want him to send the draft to you.

Th= anks and God bless you and your family.

Hoping = to hear from you.

Mr. Howard Smith
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