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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: "Ken Adams" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kenadams@asia.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 18:23:42 +0100
Subject: PAYMENT/DEBT RECONCILIATION BOARD

PAYMENT/DEBT RECONCILIATION BOARD
EURO -ASIAN UNION FINANCE COMMITTEE
ASIA PAYMENT CENTRE
JAKARTA PELANG
INDONESIA
 
ATT: BENEFICIARY
 
My name is Mr Ken Adams, Chairman of the above named committee. This
committee was set up by the European and Asian Union and the G-8 Committee
of Nations to strictly ensure that indebted contractors/Next of Kin
beneficiaries and Lotto winners who has been processing their transfers
for a long time and whose payments has long been over due are finally
settled. This was the decision reached by the body after their last
general meeting which ended in London few days ago.It will interest you to
note that all payments from Africa has been stopped forthwith because of
irregularities in their activities.
 
In this regard, we were mandated to work immediately and found from records
that your name appeared as those indebted for a long time due to
the unscrupulous activities of Bank/Security Company officials who have
been collecting money from you without results. Consequent upon this, we
have been mandated to verify all files and effect payment immediately to
all those affected. We have therefore, concluded arrangements to effect
your payment to you as we are paying all affected people from now until the
end of this year. You are therefore to forward the following details for us
to reconfirm with the information we have in our data base.
 
1. Your full names
2. Address
3. Telephone and Fax number
4. Age and Occupation
 
Once this information is received, the full communication lines of the Bank
will be made available to you so that they can effect your payment
accordingly.
 
Yours in service
Ken Adams
 



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