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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: John Scott <john.scott19@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <davidjohns01@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2015 10:05:17 +0000
Subject: Urgent Email Reply back!

HELLO,þ



CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS I NEED YOUR CO-OPERATION IN THIS TRANSACTION!


Greetings!
My Name is Mr. David J. Scott, Bank director here in London. I must
solicit your confidence in this proposal; this is by virtue of its
nature as being utterly sympathizing, though i know that a proposal of
this magnitude will make anyone Apprehensive and worried.

There
is a sum of 116 Million dollars deposited since 2005 by late citizen
from your country. I have tried to trace any member of his family so
that they will come and claim this money but I could not locate his
family members. According to the British Law, if the account remain
dormant for a complete period of ten years, the money will be recovered
by the British Government as an abandoned funds.

Now, I am
contacting you for you to stand as his relative or business partner
since he was a Citizen of your country. You and me will share the money
equal after claim, 50% for you and 50% for me. I promise you that you
will never regret your involvement in this business.

I am sending you the prove of deposit certificate and I will give you more details after hearing from you.

Please for security reason, Reply me only on my private email address at (davidjscott10@yahoo.com)

Reply back for more details and Send me your personal telephone numbers for easy communications.

I am waiting for your reply.

Best Regards,

Mr. David J. Scott.

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