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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: =?UTF-8?Q?Santander_Bank_Plc?= <anderson.moore428@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2015 23:25:18 -0200
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?URGENT_REPLY?=

Mr.Anderson Moore
Operations / Regional Manager
Santander Bank Plc,
47-48 Piccadilly
PICCADILLY
W1J0DT
London, United Kingdom

Hi,
 
I Mr.Steve Bhatti, Harlesden North West London, head of audit service and formal senior programmer manager at Deutsche bank, here in England (Santander Bank Plc). I also worked for newer ministers Bank Plc.
I am writing you about a business proposal that will be of immense benefit to both of us. In my department, as the only operations / Regional Manager Branch Manager Santander Bank Plc. I discovered a sum of (£ 21,500,000,00) GBP (£ 21.5 million) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers (later David M. Brown) US citizen Arlington Virginia , who unfortunately died on 1 February 2003 through the southern United States, for the Space Shuttle Columbia, he died of a single man.
 
The choice of contacting you is aroused from the geographical nature of where you live, particularly due to the sensitivity of the transaction and concealment in here. Our bank has been waiting for a family member to come-up for the claim but nobody has done that and I personally have been unsuccessful in locating family members, I now get your permission from you stand as the next of kin (beneficiary of the will) to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account GBP (£ 21,500,000,00) value may be paid to you.
 
However, this will be disbursed or shared in these percentages, 50% to me and 40% to you while 10% for expenses incurred during the transaction. I have obtained all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up this claim we do. All I need is to fill in your name (s) to the documents and legalize the Court in this case to prove that the legitimate beneficiary. All I need now is your honest co-operation, confidentiality and trust to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate regime that will protect you against any breach of the Act if you will stand as heir to this statement, I will treat application on your behalf. I only need to send the details of your valid ID and I will authenticate the claim on your behalf.
 
I provide the following below, we have 7 days to run it through. It's very urgent.
 
1. name and surname:
2. direct phone number Mobile:
3. Contact address:
4. occupation / work:
5. age:
6. sex:
7. nationality:
 
After going through a methodical search, I decided to contact you hoping that you will find this proposal interesting. Please on your confirmation of this message and indicating your interest I will provide you more information.
Please try and let me know your decision rather than keep me waiting.
 
Thanking you in anticipation of your favorable response.
 
Best regard
Mr.Anderson Moore

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