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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: RIK PARKHILL <rikparkhil@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2018 14:52:13 +0000
Subject: WE HAVE ACHIEVED NOTHING


Dear sir,
 
 
 
I am writing you this email with regret for giving you 14days which
you exhausted and wasted for nothing,i cannot say i am not
disappointed or begin to applaud you 
 
for your patient all through the years because you just ruined it
with this last mistake, you really do not have patient, you have been
a great disappointment to
 
this project because you lack self believe, you cannot strive and
continue with something which you know is yours, i guess that is why
you have failed in life
 
because at every given opportunity, when you try to reach your best
potentials(goal) you get distracted by obstacle and you give up such
people do not tend to achieve
 
anything in life rather poverty is the best they can achieve.
 
We have not worked together on this project, you do not have new
year resolution, the time given to you expires on Tuesday which is the
16th of January 2018, you wasted
 
almost 16days doing nothing. I want to make this clear to you, i
will be sending you some document make sure you sign them because as
from WEDNESDAY we will declare
 
your funds non transferable, a serious minded person will always
speak on things or plead and give a time it can be done, then work it,
not failing on that particular
 
date you have given rather than giving out nothing.
 
You feel maybe the bank will give you more chance but NO, it is way
different this time, instead of you to divert your energy, time and
resources on this project you
 
excercise them somewhere else, you have been caught different time
of associating with international terrorist with alot of proof of you
sending them money but their
 
 
spell or witchcraft has taken over your thinking capacity
 
 
I am very angry with you for making yourself family and generation
lose this project. you have few days left and it start counting now 
 
Before you make payment confirm the receivers name from me so i can
give you the signal to send it asap    
 
 
Rik Parkhill ( rikparkhil@gmail.com)
 
+1 509-651-1832 +447520608234

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