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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 Vaughan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <peter.vaughan1@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 22:53:06 -0800
Subject: How are you?..

United Nation,10 Furnival Street;
EC4A 1AB London.
How are you?
If you can recall some years back, some people wrote you a mail that they wanted to transfer millions of dollars inheritance/ contract fund into your account and you people will share at an agreed ratio.
You opened communication with them but after sometime, you cut off. That transaction is real as your name is now continuously appearing in the books of accounts of the West Africa Banking Union Consolidated account as one of the external debtors to be paid. The govt. now have decided after negotiations with IMF to pay only $ 5.5Million to each client in your category that is where you come in. two
We have two options approved for this payment.
(1) You may be required to open an online account with an approved bank either, in the Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey or UK.
(2) Through Cash payment, in this they will a lot the payment through an agent who will not know the content of what he will be bringing to you but his immunity will cover it for absolute security reason, he will be paid off to deliver the luggage to you in Cash without any hitch then you can take it to your bank for deposit in peace meals.
The online banking would take a little process, but the choice is yours, advice me if the cash deposit is OK so that I can fix your name among the once about to be delivered and you will receive this by tomorrow your noon time or evening. Then the unlock keys code of the luggage will be sent to you via email hence you meet with the agent. If it is the online, I will send you the link of the bank designated so that you can communicate them for directions and instructions.
Which ever options chosen please send your full name address, phone numbers, then any form of ID, marital status.
Stay in touch
yours, Truly
Peter Vaughan
Email: petervaughan1@googlemail.com

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