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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: Danny Pur <pmessages10@gmail.com>
Reply-To: danny.pur@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 1 May 2016 18:54:27 +0100
Subject: Notification of your 2016 lotto award payment

Hello Dear,

I want to use this medium to inform you that a customer of ours who
died years ago in Tsunami tragedy in Japan left behind an
estate/capital of Twenty Million United States Dollar ($20M USD) in
the branch of the bank where I work, till date nobody has come forward
or put application for the claim.

During the Bank private search for the late gentle man's relatives,
your name and contact was among the findings that matches the same
surname of the deceased who died intestate with no Will or next of
kin. To maintain the level of security required, I have intentionally
left out the final details for now.

Banking regulation/legislation demand that I notify the fiscal
authorities after a statutory time period when dormant accounts of
such are called in by the monetary regulatory bodies if nobody applies
to claim such funds. I urge you to come forward for the claim since I
can provide you with the details needed for you to claim the
estate/capital so that I can be gratify by you, in this way Twelve
Million USD ($12,000,000.00) will be for you and Eight Million USD
($8,000,000.00) for me. I will do all the crucial part in the Bank to
have the claim released to you promptly.

Please endeavor to observe utmost discretion in all matters concerning
this issue, to affirm your willingness and cooperation please do so by
replying me with your Telephone/Fax number. I do expect your prompt
response.

Kind Regards,
Danny Pur

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