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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: "Dan Sidwell" <khmpjw@hanmail.net>
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2015 18:55:00 +0900 (KST)
Subject: Bussiness Offer..

Hello,


I know this massage might appear to you as a surprise, but I decided to introduce you to this business transaction which you and I will benefit from, but firstly i will like to introduce myself to you, I'm 
Dan Sidwell 46 years old and I've been working as an Accountant for 12 years in Fidelity Bank Plc in Nigeria. So i want you to read this mail carefully before you reply me.


I need your assistance to stand as a beneficiary to the sum of $10.5 millions united states dollars lying down unclaimed in our bank, what really happened is that during the course of our auditing last week, I discovered a floating fund in an account opened in the bank in the year 2011 and since 2012 nobody has operated on this account again,after going through some old files in the records I discovered that the owner of the account died without a [Heir/WILL] hence the money is floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing. The owner of this account Mr. Toni Choate an American and great industrialist, who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed, including his wife and only daughter leaving nobody to claim the money.


So I need your strong assurance that you will never let me down, If so please kindly get back to me or mail: dansid70@hotmail.com for more details and how to execute the transaction smoothly.


Regards.
Dan Sidwell

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