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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: "RIK PARKHILL" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rik.parkhill2015@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 17:14:52 -0700
Subject: just for you

Dear Sir,
 
 
 
My Name is MR.RIK PARK HILL, i am the Executive Director of the Bank (CIBC FIRST CARIBBEAN BANK CAYMAN ISLAND). I want to bring to your notice an important business proposal that we can enter into a serious union together and execute this important deal together.  I have client who deposited the sum of ($500,000,000.00) five hundred million united states dollars in my bank under my care here in (CIBC FIRST CARIBBEAN BANK CAYMAN ISLAND) and this fund was deposited since five years ago without any withdrawal from this clients account here in CIBC FIRST CARIBBEAN BANK CAYMAN ISLAND) but just recently the Client was Involve in a plane Crash which i am sending you the story and the details of the plane crash as follows:
 
 
 
 
The name of my client is (PILOT ERIC GUILLOUD) The Crash took place on: Mar 29, 2015 - 11:18   A friend of the Swiss pilot claims that the plane crashed into the Cotopaxi volcano (Keystone) But According to Ecuadorian civil aviation authorities, a Swiss light airplane pilot was killed on Saturday in a crash in central Ecuador. He was attempting to circumnavigate the world in 20 months. The Swiss man was the only person on board. The aircraft was making its way from Latacunga in Cotopaxi province to Tabacundo in Pichincha province.
 
 
 
The plane had already passed through Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina and Brazil before arriving in Ecuador. The authorities did not specify the reasons for the accident. However, a friend of the pilot said that the aircraft had crashed into the Cotopaxi volcano that forms a part of the Andes mountain range. The aircraft was a Slovak-manufactured Aerospool Dynamic WT9, a two-seater, propeller-driven light airplane.“ Search and rescue units are on their way to the accident site to recover the body,” stated the civil aviation authorities. The Swiss foreign ministry confirmed the death of a Swiss national in Ecuador but refused to divulge further details for privacy reasons.
 
 
 
 
All i want you to do, is for you to act as beneficiary to (PILOT ERIC GUILLOUD) i am going to arrange all the important backup documents that will prove you as a legal chosen beneficiary through the help of my legal departments that we are working together in getting this funds out of this account and what we will do is to change the ownership to your name and then we will open an offshore account under your name and transfer the funds ($500,000,000.00) five hundred million united states dollars into your new open offshore account in the same bank that i am working with as the Executive Director of the Bank. I want to work together with you on this project,
 
 
if this important business proposal interest you, then i will like you to send me a confidential fax message in return to my private Fax Line as follows: +1 646 666 4412, due to the confidentiality of this transaction, i will prefer that we handle this matter via telephone and fax only, for security reasons i will not like to risk the confidentiality of this transaction by exposing this transaction via email, lets handle this transaction via fax to fax communications only. My private phone line is this as follows: + 1 646 798 8517 and +1 845 345 2014. My Fax Line: +1 646 666 4412. There is a lots benefits banking with (CIBC FIRST CARIBBEAN BANK CAYMAN ISLAND).
 
 
 
 
You can visit the website as follows:
 
 
 
http://www.offshorebankaccount.eu/Cayman-Islands-bank-account.html?productid=5.
 
 
 
 
Cayman Islands bank account Benefits Transparency - Best Services, NO Taxes for foreigners, Personalized account manager,24/7 Internet banking and payments, Send -/receive funds by international wire, IBAN and SWIFT -/BIC payments, NO personal visit to Cayman Islands required, Multicurrency account management, Approval guaranteed! Cayman Islands bank account, with no direct taxation,
 
 
The Cayman Islands are a thriving offshore financial center. The Cayman Islands offers a full range of financial services and products, including: asset management and protection; commercial banking, company formation, investment management; fund administration; private banking; maritime registry & support services. Account opening by mail quick and easy! Save time and money, the bank account can be opened by mail or correspondence. Reliable and cooperative financial institution at the Cayman Islands.
 
 
 
 
I Await your Urgent Response
 
 
Regards
MR.RIK PARKHILL

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