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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Sgt Deardorff Larry" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <deardorfflarry@post.com >
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2014 02:49:36 -0000
Subject: Confidential Proposal

>From Mr.Louis Charles Gass,
+44-7045703823
#8 Herbal Hill, Clerkenwell,
London United Kingdom.
 
Dear Sir,
 
Do accept my sincere apologies if my mail does not meet your personal ethics although, I wish to use this medium to get in touch with you first because it's fastest means.
 
My name is Mr.Louis Charles Gass, an External Auditor working in a Prime Bank in united kingdom here . My proposal is that, during our last auditing I discovered a dormant account, with a balance of $52,000,000.00 (Fifty Two Million Dollars). From my investigation, the owner of the said account, a foreigner by name Mr.John Shumejda.
 
After going into deeply investigation I found out that Mr.John Shumejda died on the 4th of January 2002 in a plane crash. For more details visit: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/1742404.stm
 
Upon the successful transfer of the fund to your account, you will be given 45% of the total amount while 55% will be for me. If you are interested, kindly get back to me as soon as possible so I can advice you on how to proceed for the successful transfer of the Fund in your account without any suspicious.
Warm Regards,
Mr.Louis Charles Gass.
+44-7045703823

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