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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. Philip Adams" <philipadams1010@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 09:12:07 +0900 (JST)
Subject: My regards to you




GREETINGS TO YOU,

My Name is Mr. Philip Adams, the Chief Operating Officer of a finacial
institution here in United Kingdom. I got your information during my
search through the Internet.It may interest you to hear that I am a man of
PEACE and don't want problems, I only hope we can assist each other. If
you don't want this business offer kindly forget it, as I will not contact
you again. However, it's just my urgent need for a partner that made me to
contact you for this transaction.

An account was opened in my bank by one of my customer in the name of MR.
THOMAS BAHIA a Dutch National from Germany who was a consultant/contractor
with the Lands and Natural Resources here in United Kingdom made a
numbered time fixed Deposit, valued at £7,500,000.00 Pounds, for
twelve (12) calendar months in my Bank branch and since 2010, this account
has never be operated.

Upon maturity, we sent a routine notification to his forwarding address
but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally I
discovered from his contract employers that MR. THOMAS BAHIA is no longer
on earth because he died with his entire family on a plane crash that
occurred in Libya on the 12th of May 2010 and below is a link for your
view.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/13/world/middleeast/13libya.html

The said fund is still in my Bank branch and the interest is being rolled
over with the principal sum at the end of each year. Now the fund is
£7,500,000.00 Pounds, because of the accumulated interest.In
accordance with United Kingdom Government Law, at the expiration of 10
(Ten) years, the money will be reverted back to the ownership of the
Government of United Kingdom, if nobody comes forward for the funds and it
will be tag unclaimed funds.

Consequently, I want to present you as the next of kin to this late
customer; hence you are a foreigner like him and the funds will be
transferred to your Bank account and after the successful transfer of the
funds, I will come over to your country for the sharing and the money will
be shared in the ratio of 60% for me, 40% for you I do need to stress
that there are practically no risk involved in this. It's going to be a
bank-to-bank transfer. All I need from you is to stand as the original
depositor of this fund so that the fund can be transferred to your
account.

If you accept this offer, I will appreciate your timely response to me.
This is why and only reason why I contacted you, I am willing to go into
partnership investment with you owing to your wealth of experience, So
please if you are interested to assist on this venture kindly contact me
back for a brief discussion on how to proceed.

Thanks,

Mr Philip Adams
Email: philipadams1010@gmail.com

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