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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: "Wyatt winefield" <gerritt@releaseboats.com>
Reply-To: <wyattwinefield@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2015 11:55:05 +0100
Subject: PARTNERSHIP


Hello: Dear

My name is Mr Wyatt Winefield , a banker by profession working as Operations / Regional Manager with a Bank here in United Kingdom. During the annual audit of our bank, I discovered abandoned / unclaimed funds, the sum total of which is (15 million British pounds) in an account belonging to one of our foreign customer?s .I found that he had no particular family or designated beneficiary on the account, after going through his writings in our bank. I am sincerely and consciously seeking to present you as the trustee to the deceased so that the sum of 15 million pounds sterling will be converted to your custody and we shall invest the fund in your country as l have no ideal about investment/ business to set up , so this fund will be invested in your country
Kindly contact me via my private E-mail:wyattwinefield@yahoo.com
-Your full name:
-Your full contact address:
-Your mobile phone direct number:
Sincerely,
Mr Wyatt Winefield


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