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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: "Craig Bond" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bondc158@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2017 05:33:32 +0200
Subject: Please can you handle this transaction

Attention Please: It's nice meeting you and I thank you for giving me your audience as we have not meet each other one on one before but sometimes in life, luck and faith plays a role in two people meeting from no where to become friends or business partners. My names are Craig Bond, I work with Barclays bank as UK representative staff here in South african and currently I am the Vice General Manager of Personal Banking on International Fund Remittance. However, I got your Email Address in my search for an international partner with a business oriented personality in my private study on the internet to transact this business with. Note, I have intention of placing your name as the beneficiary to USD25,500,000.00 Million due to the death of the depositor(My Late Client) who died along with her only family many years ago. The funds I am referring to is right here in Barclays bank floating in suspense fix deposit account, therefore I solicit for your cooperation to be in collaboration with me to have this done, it will be transferred into an account you will provide any where in the world once approved in your name as the next of kin of which i shall have every necessary legal documents secured in your favour. Note, 50% of the USD25,500,000.00 will be for your cooperation and assistance while the other 50% is for me which i also intend investing in your country and on hearing from you i shall furnish you with more details on what next to do. For the main time I will need you to provide me with your following information urgently to enable the attorney which i will be hiring start the processing of all the relevant legal documents for the fund remittance to you as the bonafide beneficiary. 1)Your Full Name: 2)Home Address: 3)Tel: & Fax: 4)Age: 5)Sex: 6) Your Present Occupation Status: Awaiting your quick response, Craig Bond

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