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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: "Daniel Whitmarsh" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <d.whitmarsh57@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2016 15:31:53 -0800
Subject: Still interested?

Hello,
Sorry for not getting back in touch with you for several months. Hope you are in good health. We ran into some very serious concerns, with the Sydney bank. Apparently, they wanted to take advantage of my boss's situation; and get a lot of money out of him. They had different factions within the same bank; all with the same motive. So we have since pulled out of that arrangement.

But I am pleased to inform you that the $60Million from Syria is still in my boss's name. And he still wants to know if you will be interested to help him invest it in your country, for a good commission to you. This is why I have contacted you today. So please get back to me, and let me know if we can still work together.


Respectfully yours,
Daniel Whitmarsh.

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