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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: =?UTF-8?B?Ik1yLiBST0JFUlQgR1JFR09SWSBCUk9XTiI=?= <ptocom@infovia.com.ar>
Date:
Subject:

        =          ARE YOU DEAD OR ALIVE? = YOUR URGENT ATTENTION IS NEEDED.

My Names are Mr. Robe= rt Gregory Brown, I am a US citizen, I was born 1957, I reside here in Dent= on, Texas United States.

My residential address is as follows. 3905 = Waterford Way, Denton, TX, United States. God will be angry with me if i se= e the means of you getting your fund easily and not telling you, that is wh= at prompted me to write you this email.

I am one of those that were = scammed in Nigeria through Bank next of King, I had paid over US$74,000 for= the past years while in the USA, trying to get my payment all to no avail.= And they always stopped my funds with one reason or the order after making= payments and they asked for more payments.

So I decided to travel t= o Washington DC with all my documents, And I was directed by the Federal Bu= reau of Investigation (FBI) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquart= ered in Washington, D. C., Directors to contact Mr. Kelvin Williams, who is= a representative of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in Nigeria a= nd a member of the COMMITTEE, currently in Nigeria for all outstanding next= of king payments, Lotto, consignments, etc. So I contacted him as I was di= rected and he explained everything to me.

He invited me to Nigeria a= nd took me to the paying bank for the claim of my over due payment of $4.35= 0Million which has been approved by Nigeria president sign and stamp by (IM= F) and (FBI) after much, $4.350Million was paid to me successfully. Right n= ow I am the happiest person on earth because I have finally received my fun= ds of (US$4.350Million) after all these years.

Moreover, Mr. Kelvin = Williams showed me the full list of the names and information of those that= are yet to receive their approved Next of Kin payment I saw your name and = email as one of the victims, I don't know you, we have not meet, i don't ev= en know if you are from America or not, all i know is that i spotted your N= ame and said i must let you know about this, So I decided to email you now = to know if you have received yours, and to advise you to stop dealing with = those people, they are not with your funds, they are only making
money o= ut of you.

I advise you contact the FBI Representative Mr. Kelvin Wi= lliams. You have to contact him by email or phone with his information belo= w to know if he can help you receive your payment the way he do help others= .

Name:   Mr. Kelvin Williams
Email:  &n= bsp;fbirepresentativewilliams@gmail.com

You really have to stop deal= ing with those people that are contacting you and telling you that your fun= ds is with them, it is not in anyway with them, they are only taking advant= age of you and they will dry you up until you have nothing left.

NOT= E: The only Money I paid after I meet with FBI Representative Mr. Kelvin Wi= lliams was just $287 for the Ownership Paper Works please take note of this= because that was the only money I paid to him. Once again stop contacting = those people, I advise you contact Mr. Kelvin Williams so he can help you t= o deliver your funds instead of dealing with those lies that will be turnin= g you around asking for different kind of money to complete your transactio= n.

What ever Mr. Kelvin answers you please let me know immediately s= o I can help you talk to him.
SEND YOU=E2=80=99RE REPLY TO MY PRIVATE EM= AIL: mrrobertbrowngregory59@= yahoo.com.hk


Mr. Robert Gregory Brown
3905 Waterford Way,=
Denton, TX U.S.A

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