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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: "J.E.G Van Der Kaap" <aa0807060504030202@gmail.com>
Reply-To: der-kaap@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 9 May 2014 10:50:14 +0100
Subject: Greetings,


Hi,

This message might meet you in utmost surprise,however,it’s just my urgent
need for foreign partner that made me to contact you for this transaction.I
am Dr.J.E.G Van Der Kaap,a citizen of Netherlands who lives and work in
Ghana as a banker by profession and currently holding the post of Director
Auditing and Accounting unit department of our bank (UBA) United Bank for
Africa Ghana Limited.I have the opportunity of transferring the amount of
$31,500,000.00 ( Thirty-One Million,Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars ) to our bank customer who died along with his entire family on
31st July 2000 in a plane crash. You can confirm the genuineness of the
deceased death by clicking on this web site
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

However, I am inviting you for a business deal where this money can be
shared between us in the ratio of 50/50,under top-secret and i will also
want you to understand that it is 100% risk free and legally blinded,as it
will strictly be bank to bank transfer;so kindly furnish me with the
information’s:Your Full name,Occupation & Position,Contact & Mailing
Address, Date of Birth & Age ,Place of Birth & Residing, Marital Status &
Name of Wife & No.of Children,Gender,Scan valid identity
card,identification picture,Mobile/Cell/ Tel/Fax Numbers,Nationality,Name
of Your Next of Kin and E-mail address,to enable me affixed them in our
account data file, so that you will be recognized in our bank as a customer
and fund beneficiary before the onward transfer will be made to your
account.Copy the e-mail below & reply after reading.

Regards,
Dr.J.E.G Van Der Kaap
Tel.:+233248912650
E-mail: der-kaap@hotmail.com

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