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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Kailash C. Pathak" <info-inf0@msn.com>
Reply-To: k.pathak@yandex.com
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 06:02:08 -0500
Subject: RE: Please Do Consider Reading This ^

Hello Friend,

The pleasure is mine meeting you ,although you might be a bit surprise since we have not met, permit me however. It is with deep sense of honor and respect that I humbly make this appeal to you with the understanding that any facts or opinion expressed in this letter is given confidence and solely for your personal information and use. it is imperatively clear that a lot of things are happening on the internet which has narrowed trust and honesty , but it is through this medium I can get this issue solved as many still conduct a successful business transaction online without meeting on a round table .It is a matter of Trust .

My name is Mr. Kailash C. Pathak , Regional Database Manager in our financial institution. Last year 2013 business report, I discovered huge amount of money that has been on what we call escrow cash call account for the past two years , and we have been submitting our financial reports without including this said fund for the past two years and no one dictated or say anything about it up till now , i made a critical observation and found out that this fund belongs to our late customer who died of cancer without a trace of any possible relation , all his data is in my custody as speak now.

Am contacting you to stand as the beneficiary of this fund, I will rAe-profile your name and up date your information as the beneficiary. This transaction is entertaining risk free and illegal involvement because i shall provide the original documentation that will back up this claim . Am open to negotiation on the percentage both of us will be entitled to. further information shall come after i receive your affirmative responds .

Thanks in anticipation of your cooperation .


Kind Regards
Kailash C. Pathak
Email : kc.pathak@outlook.com | Kindly Reply Here

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