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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: James Ken <daveskiru1950@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2015 18:13:50 +0100
Subject: Hello my good friend,

Hello my good friend,
I am Dr.Christopher Chuks from Barclays Bank West Africa....
Like i said to you before,Can you come to Ghana? I will like to introduce
you to a good business that will give you a cool money within some days if
only you can be trusted...

Is about my customer whom i was his account manager,he is a Russian but he
transact his business in the mining industry in this country,now he is very
very seek and he was diagnose of lung cancer in a private hospital, he told
me about his fund which he deposited in a security custodian company in UK
and branch in Italy/Malaysia..

He told me to get a good and a reliable person that will go and clear the
fund out from the company and have 30% of the fund.....he also promise to
release the Access Pin Code including the Deposit Certificate that will
enable you claim the fund out from the custodian firm,meaning that the
document will be given to you when you are ready to go there...

This is why i contacted you directly...nobody is aware of this,i only
reveal it to you personally because you are close to UK and you are my
friend in Europe and that gives us advantage.
1) Your full name.....
2) Your cell phone number....
3) Your company or home address....
4) Your email id.....
5) Your Skype id or Yahoo messenger id...
6) Your id or driver license....
7) Your age and occupation......
8) Your account details where the fund will be transfer.

I await to receive your reply through my email id as soon as you receive
this message.
Dr.Christopher Chuks
Barclays Bank West Africa.
Tel:+233 548 227 616
Sms me directly to my email address: christopher.chuks001@gmail.com

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