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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: "Curtis Raymond" <curtisramondhsbc@gmail.com>
Reply-To: curtisraymond64@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 22:35:44 -0800
Subject: Hello Friend


Hello Friend, Good fortune has blessed you with a name that has planted=
you into the center of relevance in my life. I would respectfully request =
that you keep the content of this mail confidential because of its nature a=
nd respect the integrity of this information. First of all I'll like to int=
roduce myself and status, I am Mr. Curtis Raymond, Chief Operations Officer=
of ABSA Bank Johannesburg, South Africa. I am contacting you concerning a =
deceased customer and a financial portfolio of $18.5m United state dollars,=
which He placed under ABSA Bank managements two years ago for turn over =
on his behalf. As the Chief Operations Officer of the private banking =
sector, I encouraged the deceased on his arrival to our bank on various gro=
wth of fund with prime ratings. The favored route in my advice to his was a=
ccessing data on 6000 traditional stocks and bond managements. Based on my =
advise, attractive margins, acquired profit and interest stood at over $20m=
United state dollars, this margin was not the full potential of the fund b=
ut He desired low risk guaranteed returns on investment. Early 2014 my clie=
nt asked that the money be liquidated because of an urgent investment requi=
ring cash payments in South Africa, and that the liquidated fund be deposit=
ed in CORPORATE SECURITIES CO, a security consulting firm based in South Af=
rica who are specialist private firm that accepts deposits from high net wo=
rth individuals and blue chip corporations that handle valuable products an=
d undertake transactions that need immediate access to cash. This order=
was given to me in anticipation of his arrival from United States later th=
at existence of the deposit, for as far as ABSA Bank is concerned the trans=
action with our late client concluded when I sent the fund to the security =
firm, all outstanding interactions in relation to the file are just custome=
r service and due process. The security firm has no single idea of what the=
history or nature of the deposit is, they await instructions to release th=
e deposit to any party that I nominate as the beneficiary of the fund. I am=
prepared to place you in a position to instruct Corporate Securities Co. t=
o release the deposit to you as the NEXT OF KIN. Kindly let me know yo=
ur true interest in this pending transaction so as to ascertain the proceed=
s, and I assure you that I could have the deposit released to you within fe=
w days. I implore you to discard this mail if you find no interest in this =
transaction, and if my offer is of no appeal to you, please don't be vindic=
tive and destructive just delete this message and forget I ever contacted y=
ou. Finally, I am sending you this mail without a measure of fear as t=
o what the consequences are, but I know within me that nothing ventured is =
nothing gained and that success and riches never comes in a platter of gold=
. This is the one truth I have learned from my private banking clients. =
Do not betray my confidence in you, if we can be of one accord, we should =
plan a meeting soon. I await your response. Curtis Raymond. =20

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