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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: "Dr. Robert S. Raymond" <grello@bcp.net>
Reply-To: robertraymond695@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2017 13:17:13 +0800
Subject: REPLY URGENTLY

Dear Friend,

I hope this may not constitute sort of embarrassment to you, My name is
Dr.Robert S. Raymond, I am the regional bank manager of the STANBIC IBTC
BANK Nigeria PLC.I am 51 years of age and married with 3 lovely kids.
It may interest you to hear that I am a man of PEACE and INTEGRITY;only
hope we can assist each other.

I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us,as
the regional Auditor General of the Stanbic Bank Plc.; it is my duty to
send in a financial report to my head office in the capital city Abuja
at the end of each year.

On the course of last year 2016 end of year report, I discovered that my
branch in which I am the manager made an excess profit of Three Million
Seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand united states dollars [USD3,750,000.00]
which my head office are not aware of and will never be aware of. I have
since placed this fund on what we call SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without any
beneficiary.

As an officer of the bank I can not be directly connected to this money,
this is why I,m contacting you for us to work so that you can assist me
and receive this money into your bank account for us to share. Upon your
acceptance of this proposal, I have generally agreed on this sharing
ration 30% of the total sum will be given to you for your assistance
upon the receipt of the funds in your account while 70% will be for me.

Note that there are practically no risks involved in this transaction,it
will be bank to bank transfer,all I need from you is to stand claim as
the original depositor of this fund who made the deposit with Adamawa
branch so that my Head office can order the transfer to your designated
bank account. I assure you we can achieve it successfully if you can
follow my instruction and direction. In your reply, please send the
following information as underlined below:

1. Your full names..............
2. Your phone number............
3. Your nationality.............
4. Your Age/Sex..................
5. Your occupation..............

Thank you for your understanding.

Best regards,
Dr. Robert S. Raymond,
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