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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: "Kanto Toyoki" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <toykanto@aim.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 08:35:30 +0200
Subject: Proposal

I have a business proposal for you. My name is Barrister Kanto Toyoki from Hong Kong, personal lawyer to my Late client who passed away last year.

My Late client and his entire family were involved in a fatal motor accident, which unfortunately claimed their lives, and they have no beneficiary or relatives anymore for his inheritance. And before his death, i helped him banked $9M (Nine million USD) here in china. If left unclaimed, the money would be marked as unclaimed funds and given to charity.

I then decided to trace his last name over the Internet, and came across your name that is why I have contacted you to assist me in securing the money as a living relative since you both have the same last name, and we can then share the inheritance 50/50 upon completion of the transfer and documentation.

This is where you come in. I will present you as the beneficiary, and i will prepare all the legal documents and present to the bank on your behalf and the bank will then release and transfer the funds to your designated account. Upon your receipt of the funds, you will then release my share of 50% to me which i intend to invest in your country, and if you are interested we might both run a company together.

Although i have never met you but i want to trust that you will not let me down, but release my share upon as agreed upon. All due legal process will be followed during the cause of this transaction and we will not be breaking any law, as long as it remains confidential between us.

If you are interested, please get back to me with your full name, phone number and country of residence, so i can give you a call and we can talk about it and get to know each other as we proceed.

Your urgent response will be highly appreciated as we can conclude this process and have the funds released under two weeks from date. Your trust and high confidentiality will highly be appreciated as await your your email response.

Sincerely
Kanto Toyoki

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