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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. Iain Mackay" <bdugelby@txwinet.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2018 03:35:02 +0300
Subject: Dear friend.



Please treat this with the utmost confidentiality and if you do not
have interest I apologize for my intrusion on your time as I beg you
to forget you ever received a letter like this. My name is Iain
Mackay; I am a senior staff with HSBC Bank Branch, UK. I have a matter
of utmost importance and confidentiality that I will like to discuss
with you. I hope you will not be offended as it will be of mutual
benefit to us. I am contacting you concerning an investment that was
placed under our bank's management for YEARS. A client of my bank made
a Fixed Deposit for this period in my branch. If you are familiar with
private banking affairs, those who patronize our services usually
prefer anonymity, but also some levels of detachment from conventional
processes.

Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address
but got no reply. I have received official letter from the bank
suggesting a likely proceeding for confiscation of the Fund in line
with existing laws by the bank in which my client deposited Million of
Dollars in our Bank. According to the Government Law here in UK, at
the expiration of 11 years the fund will revert to the ownership of
the United Kingdom Government, if nobody applies to claim the fund.

My proposition to you is to present you to our bank as the Next of kin
to my late depositor so that the bank will pay this $125 Million
United State Dollars to you as his beneficiary so that we can share
the amount on a mutually agreed percentage of 50% for me 47% for you
while 3% for any expense.

All legal documents to back up your claim will be provided by me. All
I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction
through. I will also guarantee you that this will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the
law here or in your country.

If you are interested in this transactions, Please do contact me in my
private E-mail : (mmffrk12i@live.com) so that I can give you
comprehensive details on how to proceed. Your immediate response will
be highly appreciated.

Regards,

Mr.Iain Mackay.







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