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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: patric Wilson <patricson123@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2015 09:08:36 +0100
Subject: GREETINGS,


Greetings from Mr. Patric Wilson,.


Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship
with you, I know this message will sounds very strange to you, but I have
no choice than to risk my life to choose a stranger like you I have never
seen before. We leave in a global world today, and with the help of
internet technology one can easily communicate with one another all around
the world without knowing him or she in person, what matters will be the
trust and the Information’s you got about the person. In this case we can
understand our self and work like one family.

My Name is Mr. Patric Wilson,, the senior Auditor ,My reason for
contacting you is to transfer an abandoned $7.5M and 45 kilos of GOLDto
you,to your account. The owner of this fund died since 2003 with his Next
Of Kin. I want to present you as the Next of Kin/beneficiary of this fund,
to the Security Vault.

Further details of the transaction shall be forwarded to you as soon as I
receive your return mail indicating your interest.

I will like you to provide immediately the below information's, to enable
me use it and get you next of kin application form from my bank.

1.Full Name:......................
2.Full Address:...................
3.Telephone Number:...............
4.Country:........................
5.Occupation:.....................
6.Age:............................
7.Sex:............................

As soon as you reply, I will let you know the next steps and procedures and
more details to follow in order to finalize this transaction immediately.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Patric Wilson

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