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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. CHUKS CYRIL" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrchukscyril11@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 May 2014 03:29:06 +0100
Subject: YOUR FUND IS READY TO BE TRANSFER INTO YOUR ACCOUNT NOW

Hello,

My name is Mr Chuks Cyril , am very happy to inform you about my
success in getting my Fund transferred into my bank account with a
help of one (MRS. HELEN SPENCER ) secretary of ( CENTRAL BANK OF
NIGERIA ).

I did not forget all the efforts and expenses you made in the past.
Now I want you to contact her with your information to enable them
open an online account for you and wire your money into the account
where you can transfer it into your personal account because i have
told them about you and they ask me to contact you and inform you
about it because they have been waiting for you for some months now.

Here is her contact

Contact Information of the Bank.
BANK NAME: CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
CONTACT E-MAIL: ccbank11@yahoo.com
CONTACT PERSON: MRS. HELEN SPENCER.
CONTACT PHONE: +2348026812825
I want you to fill out this information and send it to her.

Your full name______
Your address________
Your country________
Your age____________
Your occupation_____
Your Phone number___

Note that if you did not send her the above information complete, she
will not be able to open your online account because she has to be
sure that it is you.

Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Chuks Cyril

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