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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 Kailash C. Pathak" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <k.pathak@yandex.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 19:01:32 +0200
Subject: RE: AN OFFER YOU NEED TO CONSIDER !

Dear Friend

Good day to you ,kindly spare your precious time with me ,my name is Kailash C. Pathak, , 57 years old Managing Director at one of the Foreign Banks that moved to Ghana for global financial freedom. I got your contact information on my search for an oversea partner among other names. I write you this proposal in good faith and sincerity .

I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit you and I, as the Regional Head , it is my duty to send in a financial report to my head office at the end of each business year. On the course of the last year 2013 business report, I discovered Fifteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars (15.500,000.00 USD ) which my head office are not aware of it and will never be aware . I have placed this funds on what we call escrow cash-call account with no beneficiary.

As a staff of this bank i cannot be directly connected to this money, so my aim of contacting you is to team up with me and re-profile this money in your name and you will be entitled to 40% of the total funds as commission. There are practically no risks involved, it will be a bank-to-bank transfer, and all I need from you is to stand and claim this fund as the original depositor of these funds who made the deposit with my branch , it will be processed with the required documentation. the funds will be ordered for transfer to your designated bank account.

If you accept to work with me I will appreciate it very much. Call me with my private numbers above or email me with the above email address so that we can go over the details and i will give you my full information and other related details .Remember there is no risk involved i promise.

Thank you in advance and May God bless you and your family.

Kind Regards
Kailash C. Pathak
Email : k.pathak@yandex.com | Kindly Reply Here

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