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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: "David Mckay" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <david.mckay67@hotmail.ru>
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2015 12:01:04 -0700
Subject: CAN I TRUST YOU ON THIS?

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
MR. DAVID MCKAY
http://www.rbc.com/newsroom/down2-mckay.html
22-03-2015
 
Dear Sir/Ma,
 
I am Mr. DAVID I. McKay, The Personal Financial Services and
Business Financial Services businesses, as well as RBC's
Canadian  sales and bra bnch distribution. The World
Largest Fund Management Company with over ?1.2 Trillion
Capital Investment Fund. Nevertheless, as the RBC Financial
Services Officer, I handle all our Investor's Direct
Capital Funds and secretly extracted 1.2% Excess Maximum
Return Capital Gain (EMRCP) per annual on each of the
Investor's Marginal Capital Fund.
 
As an expert, I have made over ?5,500,000.00 from the
Investor's EMRCP and hereby looking for someone to trust
who will stand as an Investor to receive the fund as Annual
Investment Proceeds from RBC Marginal Capital Fund.
All confirmable documents to back up the claims will be made
available to you prior to your acceptance.
 
Meanwhile, I have worked out the modalities and
technicalities whereby the funds can be claimed in any of
our 6 Clearing Houses without any hitches. Our sharing ratio
will be 50-50%. If you are interested, you should send your
direct phone number so we could discuss.
 
N:B: Do not contact my office number or email, all
correspondence must be on this box. This is a serious
transaction and I need a trust worthy partner, you could
view my information about me with the link below
 
 
http://www.rbc.com/newsroom/down2-mckay.html
 
 
Sincerely,
Mr. David I. Mckay
 
 
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