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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. Kailash C. Pathak" <info-inf0@msn.com>
Reply-To: 13051574480@163.com
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 10:58:21 -0600
Subject: Re: I Need Your Cooperation .

Dear Friend ,

Good day to you . Please i must crave your indulgence to acknowledge the receipt of my proposal , am very confident that we can handle a business transaction successfully because of our level of maturity and honesty . I need your cooperation to transfer the sum of #15,101,231.01 GB Pounds Sterling to your nominated Bank Account for investment purposes or otherwise . As you may wish to know , am undertaking a high level of trust with you and it would not be wise if you take advantage of this against me , as they say once bitten, twice shy .

I kept this money on what we call escrow cash call account in our bank for safe keeping, till i found someone capable to be my strategic partner, also assist in all aspect of this transaction . Am contacting you to stand as the beneficiary of this fund , it is risk free, no illegal involvement that will involve the authorities of your country , because i shall provide the original documentation that will back up this claim. We shall proceed on this as soon as you provide your detail information which i will use for data re-profiling in our Bank , ( Bank Of Baroda Gh. ). in other words , you will be the valid beneficiary of Fifteen Million, One Hundred and One Thousand,Two hundred and Thirty One British Pounds Sterling with our bank .

This is what you will provide :
Full Name:
Full Address:
Telephone :
Date Of Birth:
Occupation:
Marital Status:
Copy of your International Passport or Driver's License.

I give you my word that i shall protect the above information , and be rest assured that i shall make use of your data for the purpose of it and not other wise . After re-profiling, i will send you the Bank's Application Form which you will fill and send to the Bank requesting for your funds to be transferred to your nominated bank account without any delay. It is as simple as it sound only the condition that you follow my instruction accordingly and also maintain high confidentiality .

Thanks for your anticipated cooperation and may you have a blessed day from our Merciful God .

Kind Regards


Kailash C. Pathak

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