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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: "Preston Miller" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <prestonmiller3@outlook.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 11:31:53 +0100
Subject: LET US WORK TOGETHER ON THIS BUSINESS...


Hello,

My apology for coming into your privacy.

It is because i know you are reliable and can be trusted.

I need your urgent assistance in transferring £7.5 Million Pounds Sterling
immediately to your account.

I will send you full details on how the Project will be executed; I want you
to furnish me with these details:

(1)NAME......................
(2)AGE:......................
(3)SEX:......................
(4)PHONE NUMBER:.............
(5)OCCUPATION :..............
(6)YOUR COUNTRY:.............

Once i read from you,i will give you more details on how we can work
together.

Please note that this is legitimate,after transaction you and i will
Share the money between ourselves and 30% slice of the total funds
for your efforts.

Best regards,

Preston Miller.

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