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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: Mr Richard Simon Webb <rswb22@alltoinbox.net>
Reply-To: richardsimon.webb@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2016 14:27:43 -0800
Subject: Greeting,

Greeting,
 
My name is Richard Simon Webb, assistant security manager of Coin Finance Security Group London United Kingdom.
I have a profiling amount of Forty Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars ($40,500.000.00), which I seek you to accommodate for me. I need your urgent assistance and support to transfer the sum of Forty Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars out of the Coin Finance Security Group London, to your bank account in your Country. You will be rewarded with 40% of the total sum for your partnership and support. Can you handle this?
 
SOURCE OF FUNDS:
The fund was abandoned in custody of the Coin Finance Security Group and it belongs to our late customer Mr. Alan Williams, a British multi-millionaire tycoon who died with his family in Tanzania Safari plane crash in 20th October 2005. He left his contract sum unclaimed with the Coin Finance Security Group for safe keeping without a beneficiary.
 
YOUR ROLE:
All I need from you is to stand as the beneficiary of the above mentioned sum and I will re-profile the funds with your data, which will enable the Coin Finance Security Group to transfer the sum to you. I have decided to use my share of the fund investment in your country and to make donation to charity.
Note: The process of the transaction will take up to 10 days for a successful completion of the fund transfer to your bank account in your country and after which, I will come over to meet you in your country for share the fund according to the agreed percentage. The transaction has to begin as soon as I confirm your readiness to proceed with me.
 
Get back to me as soon as possible so that I will send you full details about the transaction and how to begin. Looking forward to your urgent reply.
 
Regards,
Richard S. Webb

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