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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: Peter Shipton <pshipton@europe.com>
Reply-To: pshipton101@outlook.com
Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2016 16:13:06 +0700
Subject: can you handle this?




Top of the day

I sincerely apologize for contacting you without prior knowledge of
who you are. Like i said I need you to help me receive money from a
bank. The money involved is $2,500,000.00. I will give you 10% of the
money if you can help me receive the money.I need a foreign partner
and a competent hand that can receive the fund on my behalf and help
me invest it if possible. I have no intention of bringing my share of
the money back to London. I will love to invest my share of the money
through you if you will accept to partner with me in any business that
will yield good money for us.

Like I said your role is to help me receive the $2,500,000.00 in your
account. send me the following details if you can handle the business
so we can proceed.

Full names:
City:
Contact Address:
Cell phone:
Occupation:
Marital status:
Age:

Once I get the details, I will apply to the bank to release the
$2,500,000.00 to your bank account which you will provide to the bank
later when they demand for it. Once the money is transferred into your
account, the bank will send you all necessary clearance documents
through courier which you can present to your bank or regulatory
authorities to let them know that the money is legitimate and was duly
cleared before being transferred into your account. I will meet you
for sharing and possible investment in any good business. It is also
very important that you handle the business in a very confidential
manner and give it the utmost attention until the money is transferred
into your account. Please be aware that this business is 100% genuine
and everything will be handled in a transparent legal way.

Attached is a scanned copies of my document for proper identification.
I am sending you the document to show how legitimate this business is
and expect that you give it the required attention and
confidentiality. I will also ask that you do not let anybody have
access to my documents. I hope this your email address is secure. If
it is not then I will advise that you open a new email with yahoo or
gmail or hotmail for this business. I do not want any third party
knowing about this business until the money is transferred into your
account..

You can call me with my number below for any clarification

Peter Shipton
+442032399426
pshipton@europe.com
pshipton101@outlook.com

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