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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: Allen <allensmith2011@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 21:59:14 +0100
Subject: HELLO



Hello,

My name is Mr. Allen Smith . I am a British national. I work as an
administrative secretary to Arosto safekeeping/vault company Ltd UK. I
have been working with this company for the past seven (9) years. Within
the past years, I have watched with meticulous interest, how African Heads
of Government and their accolades have been using Arosto safekeeping/vault company to
move large sums of money to their foreign partners.

They bring in these consignments of money, cash and secretly declare the
contents as jewelries, family treasure, etc.
I am sending you this proposal for you to stand as the beneficiary of the
consignment number BFXX 12607, containing US$15.7m raw clean cash,
belonging to the family of former Togolese President, Gnassingbe
Eyedema.

For the release of this consignment, you will be requested to provide
some documents and PIN code numbers. I will send to you all the
information required. Then you will fax it to the company's head office.
As soon as it is confirmed to be correct, they will Invite you for
collection, or send the consignment through our diplomatic courier
service to any address that you will provide to them.

I am contacting you because I cannot ever let anybody in the company
know that I have the right information and documents concerning these
consignments. As your benefit, I have seriously considered this and I am
willing to give you 40% upon successful conclusion of this deal. For
further explanation and to maintain confidentiality of the transaction;
you can Email back.
Thank you for your anticipated understanding in this regard.

Yours truly
Allen Smith.

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