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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. David Tau" <dkhuma2@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: "Mr. David Tau" <dkhuma1@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 07:17:45 +0000 (UTC)
Subject:


 Hi There!
I am Mr. David Tau, an auditor with African Development Bank (ADB). There was an account opened in this bank in 1980 and since 2001 nobody has operated on this account again.The owner of this account is DR.B.DREDO, a foreign business man, and  a geologist by profession and he died in 2001.
The account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that his company does not know anything about this account. The amount involved is Ten Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars.
I am only contacting you, as a foreigner because this money can only be approved to any foreign account and foreign beneficiary because the money is in US dollars and the real owner of the account DR.B.DREDO, is a foreigner too.
I need your full co-operation to make this work fine because the management is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner, who has correct information of this account, which I will give to you later, if you will be able to handle such amount in strict confidence and trust according to my instructions and advice for our mutual benefit.
With my position now in the office we can transfer this money to any foreigner's reliable account, which you can provide with assurance that this money will be intact pending my physical arrival in your country for sharing and investment.
I will also use my position and influence to effect legal approvals and onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance documents from relevant departments.
I look forward to your earliest reply.
Yours Faithfully,Mr. David Tau.

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