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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: "Prince Billah Bolkiah" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <pbb751@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 03:00:23 -0700
Subject: Dear Friend

Dear Friend,

I am Prince Billah Bolkiah, the eldest son of Prince Jefri Bolkiah, former Finance Minister of Brunei , the tiny oil-rich sultanate on the Gulf Island . I will save your time by not amplifying my extended royal family history, as you may know from the international media; the Sultan had accused my father of financial mismanagement and impropriety of US$14.8 Billion dollars. This was as a result of the Asian financial crisis that made my father's company Amedeo Development Company and government owned Brunei Investment Company to be declared bankrupt during his tenure in office. Visit webpage.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/670959.stm
http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/mag...nei.jefri.html

In addition, before my incarceration, I went a head to dispatch the sum of Fifty Million United States Dollars US$50,000,000.00) in cash under special arrangement into the custody of different private security and Trustee Companies for safe keeping abroad. The money was splited and kept in the following countries in this proportion: US$15 Million is in UK , US$10 million in Canada , US$10 Million is in United States of America and US$15 Million in Belgium.

Hence I seek your good assistance to invest these funds into profitable investment in your country to facilitate future survival for my family abroad. After due deliberation with my aids we have decided to offer 30% of these funds to you as compensation for your strong cooperation.Please I count on your absolute confidentiality, transparency and trust, while looking forward to your prompt reply towards a swift conclusion of this transaction. Code ( Family of mine)

kindly respond only to my alternative email:pbb751@gmail.com

best regards,
Prince Billah Bolkiah.
Brubie Royal Family

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