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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "confidentiality of this transaction" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: david@bickfordsurvey.com
Reply-To: davidbickford@consultant.com
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2016 04:04:35 -0500
Subject: Hello

Sir,

I'm David Bickford a Real Estate Attorney based in Portland United
States. I'm working for the family of former Libya oil minister late
Shukri Ghanem for whom the daughter consulted me to help the family
look for a reliable,trustworthy and honest investor that will help the
family invest their hard earned funds valued One Hundred and Twenty
Million United States Dollars(US$120M) for Investment Purposes. The
said funds is the only valuables the family rely on for survival, this
funds was deposited in a bank in FL years back in United States,after
the death of the minister.

Based on this, the daughter is eager to invest this funds in the hands
of a reliable and trusted investor for the benefit of the family.
Furthermore, the family have mapped out 25% for the investor for
safeguarding and investing the funds successfully while 70% is for the
family investment.And 5% have mapped out to settle all expenses
including telephone calls incurred by all parties involved in the
running of this transaction. The confidentiality of this transaction
is a paramount interest to the family until the funds is successfully
transferred to the designated bank account of the investor in any
country of his choice.

However, the family have agreed to enter into an agreement with any
interested investor and all document will be processed in the name of
the investor as the beneficiary of the funds. Meanwhile,any interested
person who is capable to handle this transaction should not hesitate
to contact me for further arrangement and onward transfer of the funds
to the account of the investor with without delay.

Yours faithfully,
David Bickford

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