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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: "Mr. Stephen Knight" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrknightstephen@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 08:01:51 -0700
Subject: Acknowledgement


Attention: Sir/ Madam,

My name is Mr. Stephen Knight Chief Financial Officer,branch manager ROYAL BANK SCOTLAND, here in London.

I have a Proposal to discuss with you about a certain bonded account in our Bank. The bonded Account has a balance of USD45Million. The funds in question
was deposited in the year 2005 here in our bank to be used in payment of an American oil merchant for his last deal with our client.

Our client Late Roger Brett Kebble of South Africa and Chairman CEO Land-gold and Exploration/JCI Limited: was assassinated on the September 27th 2005 in his
car while driving on his way to a function in Melrose district of Johannesburg South Africa. You can read more about all this on below

http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Roger-Kebble-sad-end-to-a-big-life-20150826

I will need to present you as the beneficiary in the documents which I shall present to the bank where the fund is deposited to re-profile the ownership of
the funds with your data to enable them transfer the fund into your nominated bank account. Please reply with your full contact information (your full name
and address Phone/fax etc,) to enable me contact you for a verbal discussion.

Please treat this transaction as a confidential matter. I will send you all the details as soon as you indicate your willingness on my personal Email:
mrknightstephen@yahoo.com

Much Regards
Mr. Stephen Knight
Chief Financial Officer

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