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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 Steven Kaplan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rs.kaplan45@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2017 08:31:41 -0000
Subject: Awaiting your response

Dear Friend,

My name is Mr Robert Steven Kaplan from Federal Reserve Bank Texas district.I am contacting you for a profitable transaction,Being a honest person, I would like us to handle a transaction worth $56 Million Dollar that has been abandoned for years by our late customer. Since i work in Federal reserve,i want us to legally move the money out. You will only apply as the beneficiary,since you have the same last name with the late customer.(Depositor of the fund) You will also come forward to sign all the final legal papers,hence you have the same last name with our late customer,you will apply for the fund as a relative to the deceased.

We will share the money 50/50% each if the fund is released to you. Please i don't want you to tell any one about this, I will send you my phone number and id card upon your response. Please i want to trust you with this transaction.I hope you are capable of handling this transaction? Most of the bank officials make there money through this medium and this is just the first transaction. If i can trust you on this, we will do more business. I do not want to talk about this on the phone for now.

Awaiting your prompt response and provide me with the below information so we can get started:

1.Your full name:
1.Address:
3.Occupation:
4.Age.
5.Telephone number:
6.A copy of your identification:

Robert Steven Kaplan
Federal reserve system Texas
2200 N. Pearl St, Dallas,
Texas 75201

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