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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: Kellys Thopson <kellysthops201@comcast.net>
Reply-To: <kellysthops201@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 03 May 2014 12:43:05 +0100
Subject: Attn: Please and a good day to you



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Attn: Please and a good day to you,

Am Kellys Thopson, chief accountant Standard Chartered Bank London UK
No. 1 Basinghall Avenue, London, EC2V 5DD, and a personal account
officer to Mr. Robert Guthrie, a national of your country whose life
and that of his entire family were lapsed on an accident on the M6
motorway whilst traveling on a holiday resort from London to Glasgow.

Mr. Robert Guthrie had an account valued three million two hundred
thousand British pounds sterling (£3,200,000.00) with my bank and all
the documents to this account where still under my possession before
he embarked on the journey that lead to his death.

The bank has issued a notice to contact his next of kin, or the
account will be confiscated because the government has
mandated/authorized all banks to freeze or confiscate any account that
has been unserviceable in a long period of time, this is geared
towards raising capital flight for the economy. All attempts I made
towards locating any member of his family were in vain and I had to
track his last name over the internet thus I contacted you.

My proposition to you is to seek your consent to present you as the
next-of-kin and beneficiary to this account since you have the same
last name with the deceased, so that the proceeds of this account can
be paid to you. This will be disbursed or shared 60% to me and 40% to
you.

I have already contacted my barrister and all legal documents to back
up your claim as the deceased next-of-kin will be provided and this
will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you
and I from any breach of the law. All I require is your honest
co-operation to enable us see this transaction through.

If this business proposition offends your moral values, do accept my
apology but if not, then contact me at once to indicate your interest
by giving me urgently the bellow details:

1. Your full Name:
2. Telephone Number
3. Age and Occupation.

Upon receipt of the aforementioned information, I will swing into
action the authentication of this change. Thanking you in advance for
your kind and urgent co-operation and for keeping this proposal to
yourself alone.


Kellys Thopson

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