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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: "Robert Ekaireb" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <incrediblerent@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2016 01:45:46 +0200
Subject: .....I NEED YOUR URGENT RESPONSE

Hello Dear.
 
It is my pleasure to seek for your assistance, this proposal is real and I want you to consider it very important and I am assuring you that it is not a dubious mail.
 
I am Robert Ekaireb whom has been sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for the alleged murder of my wife. Please kindly go through the link below and see some more information.
 
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-25452276
 
I am filing suit to get myself released but for now am still in prison for a crime i did not commit.
 
I want you to remain honest to me till the end of this important business trusting in you and believing in God that you will not disappoint me at the end.
 
I am from United Kingdom an Industrialist / businessman who have been sentenced wrongly to life imprisonment, since August 2006. Until now no other person(s) knows about this account or could give any documentary evidence concerning this account except me. Meanwhile the total amount involved is sixty five million pounds (£65,000,000 only.) and has been kept in Euro clear for safe keeping nobody has information to this apart from me.
 
I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be approved to a local account here in the UK, without valid international foreign "Agreement", but could only be approved to any foreigner with valid international documents.
 
I would like both of us to build confidence and trust to sign an agreement that will build us together before transferring the money to any account of your choice where the fund will be kept safe for safe keeping.
 
At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 50% of the total amount, 50% will be for me. This business is 100% risk free, be rest assured that this deal is legal If you need any further information let me know.
 
I look forward to your earliest reply: robekaireb@gmail.com
 
Best regards.
Robert Ekaireb
E-mail: robekaireb@gmail.com

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