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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 kuipers" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <peterkuipers503@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2017 09:54:10 +0100
Subject: Daily ATM Withdrawal and POS Transfer

Hello;
I'm Peter Kuipers can you do a simple business transaction with me? I'm a banker and would need someone who can receive an ATM MasterCard for daily withdrawal /online transfer of funds. This account in question contains over $88.6Million US Dollars and it belong to late wealthy Islamic billionaire. If you are willing to work with me. I will always monitor the account to know when you make withdrawal; we will split each withdrawal 50/50 and send my own share to an account which will be made available to you:
Revert with the following under listed details for further update:
Your Full Name
Address
Tel Number Mobile
ID
Age
Occupation

Regards
Peter Kuipers

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