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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: John Clinton <johnclinton421@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: John Clinton <john.clinton79@yahoo.pt>
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 19:16:47 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: From Mr. John T. Clinton.


Dear Friend,

I hope that this letter will not be of a surprise to you, I decided to contact you after I have considered and thought about this proposal, therefore I realized that it will be of mutual benefit to both of us. You might not know me in person, however, I got your contact from International Business Web directory while I was surfing the net to get my late client next of kin but all my endeavor was without success. I will also like to ask for your permission before intruding into your privacy.

My name is Mr. John T. Clinton, a client of mine who died with her little family and left {£15,500,000.00} Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand Million Great British Pounds in an European bank without  next of kin.When she deposited the fund, she did not include any name as her next of kin. Since she died, her account has been dormant, so no one has come forward to claim this fund.

My main reasons for contacting you is simply, that I want you to stand as her next of kin as well as her business partner. The Bank has issued me a notice as the ACCOUNTING OFFICER to the deceased to contact the next of kin or the account will be declared unserviceable and the fund will be diverted to the Bank treasury. So far, all my efforts to get a hold of someone related to my late client has proved abortive. I am actually asking for your consent to present you to the Bank as the Next of Kin/beneficiary of my late client's fund because of your profile, so that the proceeds of this fund can be paid to your account.

I have the full right to present you to the bank as her next of kin since I am her ACCOUNTING OFFICER  and I have every documents to back up the claim if only you will listen to me and work accordingly to my instruction. What I am demanding from you, is utmost trust and secrecy in this deal for security reasons. I request that you kindly forward to me your letter of acceptance of our mutual business endeavor by furnishing me with the following;

1. Your names and address.
2. Direct Mobile number and fax numbers.
3. Occupation and Sex

The above stated requirements will enable us to file a letter of claim at our high court probate division for the release of the money in your favor as the next of kin.I wish to point out that I want 20% of this money to be shared among charity Organizations, while the remaining 80% is shared equally between us.This transaction is entirely risk free.

Best Regards,

Mr. John T. Clinton
Accounting Officer
Email:  john.clinton79@yahoo.pt


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