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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: Mail <ewen-ss@gmx.co.uk>
Reply-To: ewen.stevenson51@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2016 13:39:04 +0400
Subject: From Mr. Ewen Stevenson (Business Proposal)

From: Mr. Ewen Stevenson
Group Audit Committee
Royal Bank Of Scotland - England
BRANCH: 48 Haymarket,
LONDON SW1Y 4SE
UNITED KINGDOM

Compliments to you,

Please can you be trusted ? I am Mr. Ewen Stevenson, I work here in Royal Bank Of Scotland - England. A trusted adviser for over 20 year and presently the Vice Chairman of the Group Audit Committee/Chief Financial Officer; of Royal Bank Of Scotland - England. I have decided to seek a confidential co-operation with you in the execution of a deal described here-under that will be of an immense benefit to both of us and the less privileged ones will also benefit and hope you will keep it as a top secret because of the nature of the transaction.

During the course of our Bank yearly auditing, I discovered an unclaimed / abandoned fund, total sum of £21.500,000.00 British Pounds (Twenty one million Five Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterling ) in an account belonging to one of our foreign customer ( Late Mr. Moises Saba Masri ) who was a Jewish (of Syrian extract) Mexican businessman unfortunately on January 10, 2010, Saba lost his life after his helicopter crashed in Cuajimalpa along with his wife, son and his son's wife.

The choice of contacting you aroused from the geographical nature of where you live particularly due to the sensitivity of the transaction and the confidentiality herein. Now our bank has been waiting for any of the relatives to come-up for the claim of the inheritance fund but unfortunately all efforts has being void. I personally have been unsuccessful in locating neither the relatives nor any next of kin to ( Mr. Saba ) for 5 years. On this regards, I now seek your consent to present you as the next of kin / will beneficiary to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at £21.5 Million British Pounds Sterling can be paid to you. This will be disbursed or shared in these percentages, 50% to me and 50% to you. I promise I will furnish you with all necessary and legal information's that can be used to backup this claim we are about making with the bank.

All I need is to upload your personal data as below stated in our bank database system in order to prove you as the legitimate beneficiary should in case the bank checks. There will be legal documentation that must be achieved in line with the british laws to avoid problems. All I require now is your most honest Co-operation and absolute trust no doubt, to enable us see this transaction through. Perhaps, I guarantee you 100% success which will be legalized in such away that this transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement and the ambit of law that will protect you from any breach of the contract both in your country and here in London.

This is very urgent. Please, provide me with the following information's as we have 5 working days to run it through:


-Your Full Name,
-Your Contact Address &
-Your direct Mobile telephone Number.
-Fax Number.
-Your Age
-Your Occupation:


Having gone through a methodical search, I decided to contact you hoping that you will find this proposal interesting. Please on your consideration of this message indicating your interest, provide the above information required to enable me upload your data into the Royal Bank Of Scotland - England database to reflect in our Bank network system. Probably, the bank will be convinced that you are a relative to the family nor the named next of kin/will beneficiary of ( Late Mr. Saba ). I will be guiding you on how to open communication with the Bank and make the claims for onward transfer of the fund to your Bank Account.

Your candid assent to this e-mail and business proposal will be highly appreciated. Call me at the receipt of this email for more discussions.

Thanking you in anticipation for your prompt response.

Respectfully yours,
Mr. Ewen Stevenson.

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