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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: "Brown Robinson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <brown.robinson61@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 9 May 2016 15:53:36 -0700
Subject: Dear Sir/Madam,

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am a Staff with SECURITY AND FINANCE COMPANY
in Germany. We had a foreign client (name with
held) who deposited a huge sum of money (US$25million
dollars) with our security Company.

Eventually, this client was among the victims of EGYPT AIR
BOEING 767 FLIGHT NO.990 that crashed on the 31-10-1999 in
U.S.A, and ever since then we have not had any body coming for
the claims as the next of kin a situation I have monitored
closely with my position in the Company.

Having monitored this deposit and managed it over the years before
his death, nobody has showed up as the next of kin for the past four year plus so I decided to remove the file to my private safe.

I now solicit for your assistance to present you as the
next of kin as every other arrangement has being concluded
by me and I only need a foreign partner to enable me move the fund to his account's.

If this proposal meet your interest,you're adviced to furnish me with
your private telephone and fax numbers, and your full name and address,
company or residential, so that I can computerize them to
tally with the next of kin column in our computer data base.

This deal does not have any risk attached to it, as I'm here to
handle all the internal documentations.

I therefore request you to confirm your interest by a
return message and I will furnish you with details.

Lastly,for the immediate take off of this transaction you have to
confirm your willingness and readiness to assist me
retrieve this deposit, and for your assistance in this
transaction you will be entitled to 30% percent of the
total sum and 10% percent will cover all the expenses
incurred in the process of the transaction.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Best Regards

Mr.Brown Robinson

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