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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: Hugh Quinn <hughqunn@gmail.com>
Reply-To: qhugh46@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2015 01:04:15 +0300
Subject: Business Proposal

From: External Auditor.
The International Remittance Department
No. 70 Wig-more Ave. W1U 2SF, London UK.

Attention Please..

Hello, please do accept my sincere apologies if my mail does not meet your
personal ethics although, I wish to use this medium to get in touch with
you first because it's fastest means . My name is Hugh Quinn, an external
auditor of a well known bank here in UK. I have decided to contact you
urgently on a very important confidential deal which needs immediate
attention.

The decision to contact you was based on the fact that I trust your
capability to receive on our behalf a sum of £48,000.000.00 {Forty Eight
Million British Pounds Sterling} this sum in question was a credit balance
of our customer, though a Foreigner who died since 6th of AUGUST 2005.
This credit was held with our bank here in England for years before he
dies and the Director of Account Operations approached me since he cannot
transfer this fund alone without going through my desk ( i.e. The
International Remittance Department). With my position and experience, I
have worked out the modalities in such a way that the transaction will be
accomplished. On the receipt of your approvals, I will be very much glad
to give you the complete details of the business.

This may come as a surprise to you but as we progress, I will be able to
explain to you how everything will go smoothly without any problem.
Meanwhile, I am 100% positive if you can handle this transaction. Therefore
contact me as soon as you receive this message with your full
names/personal data, and your Mobile Telephone Number/s so that I can call
you for heart to heart discussion about the business. I am anticipating
your immediate response while thanking you in advance for your
understanding and co-operation.

Yours Sincerely,


Hugh Quinn

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