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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: "Stephen J. Hardcastle" <steven.j.hardcasle47@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2018 05:30:40 +0100
Subject: REPLY ASAP SIR
Dear SIR,This message will be the last notification that I will send to
you as my earlier letters sent to you through Post Office was returned
undelivered. Hence I decided to reach you via email because this
information needs immediate follow up.You and my client bear the same
surname and you may be his extended family member of his next of kin.get
back to me now.I'm contacting you because of my deceased client who died in
2013, and the management of the Bank has issued me a notice to provide an
extended next of kin of the deceased who deposited a sum of money or have
the account confiscated within the next 14 banking days
Thanks.
STEVEN HARDCASTLE ESQ.
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