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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: raybuxton31@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 17:00:48 +0200
Subject: Hello

Hello:
I hope you are going well.
My name is B. Raymond Buxton; I am from California USA.
In fact, I have no idea who ‘you’ are or where ‘you’ are; but it somehow
feels so right to be writing to you. Actually, the purpose of this mail is
to inform you that I wish to make a monetary donation to you, the sum of
$350 thousand.
I was fortunate to have been the sole winner of the February $425 million
‘Powerball jackpot’ (USA). And, I have decided to make some donation to a
handful of persons beyond my immediate environment and border. Following
this, I selected at random few email-addresses from the Internet. And
through the help of my financial adviser, I have set up an affiliate bank
account in ‘Luxembourg’ and ‘Ivory-Coast’ to this effect. So, all you need
do is send to me at once your name as it is in your ID card, including your
postal address. The bank will contact you and send you a certified
Bank-Check or Bank-Draft and that is all.
Please, don’t be surprised at this offer; I really hope that it will make a
difference in your life and that of your loved ones.
Best wishes,
B. Raymond Buxton
raybuxton31@gmail.com
raybuxton@outlook.com

You can verify from the web-page links below:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/04/02/298334570/lucky-he-is-242-million-powerball-winner-channels-yoda
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-2594882/425-million-Powerball-winner-wants-privacy.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/02/powerball-winnner-charity_n_5078071.html?
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/04/01/us/powerball-lottery-winner/

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