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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 David Dallas <mrdavidd787@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrdavid_dallas@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 18:36:19 +0000
Subject: Urgent Reply

Hello My Dear


My name is Mr David Dallas, A banker by Profession and Currently A Director
of Finance Auditing and Accounting Unit in my Bank, Which the name will
giving to you as soon as you respond for security reason. I get your email
address in my search for a reputable and reliable person to help me claim
the sum of USD$15.6 MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS, Deposited in our Bank by
one of our customer Eng. Mueller who die with his wife and two children on
the 21Th day of April 2001 in car clash along Aflao express road. Since his
death no one has come up as his next of kin and all our efforts to locate
any member of his family immediate family has prove Abortive that was why I
decided

to see if I can get anybody who has the same surname or last name with him
via Internet preferably some one of the same nationality with him which I
believe you have all the qualities we need. Why i am contacting you is to
present you to our bank as the next of Kin to the deceased customer. He was
Drilling contractor with some Oil Companies here in west Africa. So it
will be more acceptable and wiser to present you through paper work to the
Bank for claim of the total fund.I will give you all the necessary
requirements that the bank may request from you and follow up the transfer
of the fund into your account as an Insider. It will interest you to know
that I and my partners has been keeping the account dormant to enable our
plans for the funds to come through and this is the time and we are happy
to locate you for the perfection of the transfer of the Fund into your
nominated Bank Account to be given.

As soon as I get your positive response I will update you about the mode of
disbursement and we will also need to know about investing in your Country
as a way of helping your people who suppose are the original owner's of
this Fund, I suggest you get back to me as soon as possible through my
confidential email (mrdavid_dallas@yahoo.com) stating your wish in this
deal. Looking forward to your urgent response by updating me with direct
telephone number for easy communication. Yours Specially Mr David Dallas
================================================================================================================THIS E-MAIL IS MY TEMPORARY ADDRESS. FOR SECURITY REASONS, I PREFER YOU
SEND ME YOUR REPLIES VIA MY PRIVATE CONTACT E-MAIL: mrdavid_dallas@yahoo.com
THANKS Mr David Dallas

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