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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: Alex Nadi <chriskoch1966@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Alex Nadi <alexnadi1@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 02:55:47 -0700
Subject: Greetings


Greetings,
 
I am Mr. Alex Nadi, a senior staff of First bank Nigeria Plc. I need your assistance in executing a business. It involves the transfer of the sum of US$12.5 Million dollars. This is proceed of a contract executed by an Engineer/contractor from your country who was based here. He died in a motor accident with his family since 2010 and till this moment, no one has come to lay claims to his chattels. I will give you more information on what we need to do. It is not risky and I will provide you with all information that the bank will need for verification. Your share will be 40%.

This is a secret deal and I require utmost confidentiality. Kindly respond to me for more details.
   
Kind Regards
Alex

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