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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.Gerald N. Scott" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <d4b3ncd@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 09:25:48 -0700
Subject: Fund Release Confirmation..

Attention:

I wish to remind you that after many attempts to reach you
through our correspondence in your country which proved
abortive, I am delighted to write you concerning your fund
which is floating in our Transfer Hard Disk component.

Based on this, you are requested to get back to me confirming
your availability and your readiness to comply with our
transfer proceeding so that we can pass an instruction to our
corresponding bank in your country to recognize your Hard
Disk Transfer Code and credit your account through Reserve Bank.

Accept Our Esteem Gratitude while we awaits your prompt
reply.

Thanks.


Mr.Gerald N. Scott
Director, Foreign Payment
Emails: mrgeraldnscott1234@yahoo.com

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