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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: "Bill .M. Anderson & Co" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <billanderson018@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 10:56:03 -0800
Subject: TIME IS GOLDEN.

Mr. Bill Anderson
Principal Partner
Bill .M. Anderson & Co

Dear Friend,

I hope this email gets to you in good faith, hoping that we will be able
to actualize this transaction with mutual understanding and believing that
we stand to gain if we follow the due processes.

My name is Barrister Bill Anderson the legal representative of Mrs.
Diezani Alison-Madueke (Former Minister of Petroleum Resources of the
federal republic of Nigeria) from 2009 – 2016

The present government is probing my client for mismanagement of funds,
embezzlement and money laundering and the investigation will commence next
month, during the investigation my client assets will be frozen and we are
trying to protect some of her foreign investment.

My client has deposited the sum of US$8,500,000.00 in a private security
firm in the United Kingdom and we are looking for a foreign beneficiary to
claim this deposit before the investigation commences.

There is practically no risk involved as traces of the transaction will
be erased from the system of the company as soon as the claim and transfer
is completed. All legal documents backing up the funds will be changed to
your name to enable you have direct assess to the deposit.

Once the claim is made and the deposit transferred to you, my client is
willing to offer you 50% of the total deposit.

Get back to me in my private email: billanderson018@gmail.com if you are
interested in this transaction because time is golden.

Regards,
Mr.Bill Anderson.

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