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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: "Mrs. Brenda Halls" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <wrightfranklin10@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2014 16:22:39 +0300
Subject: Greetings

Good Day
 
I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting the fund transferred to a Swiss Account with the cooperation of a new partner from Paraguay who is an international business man. Presently I'm in Paraguay for investment projects with my own share of the total sum. Meanwhile, I did not forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite the fact That it failed us somehow.
 
Now contact my secretary, his contact is:
Name: Mr. Wright Franklin
Email: wrightfranklin10@gmail.com
 
Ask him to send to you the total $1,000,000.00 (One Million US Dollars) which I kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter. I appreciated your efforts At that time very much, so feel free and get in touch with my secretary Mr. Wright Franklin and instruct him where to send the amount to you.
Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the suffer less at that time. In the moment, I am very busy here because of the investment projects which I and the new Partners are having at hand.
 
Finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to my secretary on your behalf to receive that money, so get in touch with him and he will send the amount to you without any delay.
 
Regards,
Mrs. Brenda Halls.

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