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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: Ryan Bannerman <ryanbannerman01@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2018 01:17:21 +0000
Subject: Contact Me

Greetings!

I hope this email gets to you in a very good condition. My Name is Ryan
Bannerman, I work with Credit Suisse Bank London. I got your contact
details during my search on world trade journal. I have a strong believe
that you are a highly respected personality, Although i do not know to
what extent you are familiar with events, hence I contact you for these
proposal that will benefit both of us.

I am in need of a trusted account where i can transfer the total sum of
£15,800,000.00 GBP (Fifteen Million Eight Hundred Thousand Great British
Pounds Sterling) the money belongs to our late customer who passed on
several years ago and has no record of either a next of kin or another
signatory to the account that could possibly claim the Money. The
account has been dormant for several years, and according to the policy
of the Financial Service Authority, after 12 years the money will be
channeled to the government treasury account as an unclaimed fund.

I like to solicit your maximum corporation, confidence and trust in this
transaction as I hope you will keep it a "TOP SECRET". I have confidence
of your ability and reliability in this proposal. At the end of the
transaction I intend to have 55% of the total amount for myself and 45%
for you.

I will provide you all the necessary information, documents and proof of
legal back up from the different offices concerned for the smooth
transfer of the money to your designated bank accounts as the
beneficiary. I have all necessary approvals to secure the transfer to
any account. You are guaranteed that this operation will be executed
under a legitimate arrangement that will protect both of us from any
breach of law. I anticipate your urgent response to enable me proceed
further if you are interested.

Thank you very much for your time and understanding.

Best Regards.

Ryan Bannerman.

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