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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: "Alfred H" (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 00:27:09 -0800
Subject: your confidence in this transaction


I write to solicit your confidence in this transaction; this is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential.

Let me start by first introducing myself properly to you. My name is Alfred Hansen . The Portal insurance manager in London. My purpose for contacting you is for you to help me to secure the funds left behind by my late client Mr.Abarcus . This fund is the LIFE INSURANCE PAYOUT (LIPO).

This is his entitlement for insuring his life with our insurance company for 45 years. The life insurance payout due for my late client is £2,950.000.00 (Two million Nine Hundred & Fifty Pounds). To avoid it being confiscated or declare unserviceable by the authorithy where this fund valued £2,950.000.00 are deposited by our company Portal insurance on behalf of our client after his death.

The authorithy has being issuing notice to contact the next of kin to our cutomer or the account will be declared unserviceable and the fund diverted to the Bank treasury, So far all my efforts to get a hold of someone related to this man has proved abortive. Hence, I have contacted you because you have the same surname/second name as our client. I am actually asking for your consent to present you to the Bank as the next of Kin/beneficiary of my late client's fund, since you have the same surname and from the same country, so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us achieve this transaction. If you are interested, please contact me via Email: portalinsure@netc.eu upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details that will help you understand this transaction well.

The intended transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any infraction of the law. However, if this business proposition offends your moral ethics, do accept my sincere apology. If you wish to achieve this goal with me, kindly get back to me with your interest for further explanation. Include your contact telephone and address in your response.
Yours sincerely
Alfred H
Manager (Entitlement payout Department)

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