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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: "mac cornway" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <maccornway@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 04:20:31 +0800
Subject: From Mac Gibson Cornway


>From Mac Gibson Cornway.

Greetings dear Future partner,

My Name is Mac Gibson Cornway. I work as the head of Fund Manager Executive with UBS AG Investment Bank London (UK) and would like to know if you will be at my disposal to handle a risk free transaction with me.I have used my position as the Fund Executive Manager to divert the sum of 118.MILLION.(ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN MILLION POUNDS

ONLY) from our Investor's Capital Management Funds under to my Portfolio and would like to know if you are interested to work with me to receive this fund in your account without any legal implication attached.

Our sharing ratio is 50:50 since it is a fair deal. I will provide further information on the above subject matter upon the receipt of your favorable response. If you are interested kindly reply to indicate your interest,then I shall Furnish you with the method of application and how you can apply to the bank for the release and transfer of the fund into your nominated bank account.You can as well enclose your direct telephone numbers for discussion of this offer in further details.

I await your urgent response.
Yours sincerely,
Mac Gibson Cornway





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