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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. Steve Filed" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <steve169@accountant.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 07:20:07 -0600
Subject: Payment update

Attention:

This e-mail is to bring to your notice about a payment discovered during our last quarter account auditing for the year 2017 at our bank, Danske Bank Plc, The payment is valued at 10.6 Million dollars with fix deposit and an assets valued at 562 Million dollars linked to the account, the account has been dormant due to inoperative of the account for the past 6 years without claim, after running a check on the name on the account, it comes out to carry your last name which is the reason I am contacting you.
It will be suitable for you to claim the funds as the legal beneficiary (Next of Kin) to the account as no record of a relative on file.

I would appreciate if you could take possession of these funds by providing a valid ID and an account in your country where the fund can be transferred to avoid being confiscated by the Danske Plc bank, you will get a 50% compensation for your role after the successful transfer of the funds.


Note: the account is attached to a SWIFT / IBAN Code and an ATM card that would be issued in your name once you take possession of the account as a relative to the account owner who is deceased. I would make other vital details available to you upon your response to my partnership proposal to secure the funds. I would need co-operation and understanding to proceed, kindly send the information stated below in order to proceed with the processing and documentation.

Full name:
Address:
Sex:
Age:
Tel :
Occupation:

I will patiently await your reply in order to proceed with the transaction and give you more details accordingly.

Thanks for your understanding and co-operation.

Awaiting your swift reply.

Best regards,
Mr. Steve Filed

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