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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: "David" <bduk44@tutanota.com>
Reply-To: david.blair@onet.eu
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2018 23:43:42 +0930
Subject: Business Interest.


How are you and your family? I believe you received my letter in your best=
mood today; my name is David Blair, Senior Private Banking Manager at NatW=
est Bank Plc London. I decided to seek a confidential co-operation with you=
in the execution of the deal described here-under for both of us mutual be=
nefit and hope you will keep it a top secret because of the nature of the t=
ransaction. During the course of our bank year auditing, I discovered an un=
claimed /abandoned fund, sum total of 22,300,000 GBP (Twenty two million th=
ree hundred thousand British Pounds sterling) in an account that belongs to=
one of our foreign customers (Late Mr. Donald Arthur Peterson) an American=
who unfortunately lost his life with his wife, in a plane crash of United =
Airlines Flight 93 which crashed in Southwest Pennsylvania in September 11,=
2001. After going through his file in our bank, I discovered that he di=
d not specify any next of kin or will beneficiary to the fund. I sincerely =
seek your consent to present you as the next of kin / will beneficiary to t=
he deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at 22.3 Million Bri=
tish Pounds Sterling will be disbursed to you, which we will share in these=
percentage ratio; 60% for me and 40% for you. All that I require is yo=
ur sincere co-operation; trust & utmost confidentiality to enable us conduc=
t this transaction successfully. I assure you that this transaction will be=
executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any bre=
ach of the law both in your country and here in London when the fund is tra=
nsferred to your bank account. Upon consideration and acceptance of thi=
s offer, please proceed immediately and send to me the below information, =
Your Full Name: Contact Address: Occupation: Direct Mobile/telephone N=
umber: This information will enable me to upload your data into our ba=
nk database to reflect in the bank network system that you are the named ne=
xt of kin/will beneficiary of this fund, then I will guide you on communica=
tion with the bank for onward transfer of the fund to you, please note that=
we have few days to carry out this deal. Thanks in anticipation of you=
r urgent response. Regards, David Blair, Senior Private Banking =
Manager NatWest Bank Plc.

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