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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Office Contact" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <guesfilet1336523@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 09:16:43 -0800
Subject: RE: I got your email address from a business directory

New Page 1

Hello.

I got your email address from a business directory. I am Melvin M.Hansley, a security manager of (HSBC Bank) I have urgent and very confidential business proposition for you as rightly unveiled below,

I work with the above mentioned bank and need a partner who will come forward to make claim to this deposited. It was deposited by a US soldier from the 3rd Infantry Division, The soldier doesn't want anyone from his office or top officers to know he deposited this funds with our bank. I wish to solicit your partnership to come forward for this claim of ($25,000,000.00 Twenty five millions United State Dollars.)

The soldier need a honest trust reliable person that can assist him to receive the funds and invest the funds. I will give you all necessary information to come forward for the claim of the funds, The soldier is ready to go 50/50 with you. %50 for you and %50 for him and both of you will give to me 10% for assisting. You can see the photograph of the soldier who came to deposit the money with our bank, this funds have stay long with us for 3 years now without the soldier coming back for the claim, He show me the below picture on how he and his team got the money at Baghdad and share between them self.

Also news headline: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm

There are bank bonds worth several millions of US Dollars deposited by soldiers and since then they never came back for it, We need to work as team so that I can apply for the transfer of the funds.  I will apply with a power of attorney to change the depositor name to yours for the claim of the funds as a partner of the soldier.

I hope you understand.

Thanks, Yours sincerely,
Melvin M.Hansley. Tel: +1 4045966532

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