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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 David Donald" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dondavid3004@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 May 2016 03:07:53 -0700
Subject: Lets Do This

Assalamu alaikum
My name is David Donald, I am an investment consultant
working with Bank of Scotland as an Auditor . On a routine inspection I
discovered a dormant domiciliary account with a BAL. Of £25,000.000.00
(Twenty Five Million British Pounds) on further discreet investigation,I
also discovered that the account holder has long since passed away
(dead) leaving no beneficiary to the account.
the bank will approve this money to any foreigner because the former
operator of the account is a foreigner and from USA in particular and I am certainly sure that
he is dead, and nobody will come again for the claim of this money A
foreigner can only claim this money with legal claims to the account
Holder; therefore I need your cooperation in this transaction. I will
provide the necessary information needed in order to claim this money,
But you will have a corporate or personal Bank Account where this can be
transferred. If you are capable of assisting me then send your private
Telephone No, Your Age, occupation And Fax number.I wish for utmost
confidentiality in handling this transaction . I want to assure
you that the transaction is free from any type of risk if
due process is followed accordingly.At the conclusion of this deal, you will
take 40% and i will take 40%, 15% will go for charity organizations
while remaining 5% will be used to reimburse all expenses made during
this process by both parties.

I look forward to a favorable response from you.
Yours,
David

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