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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: "Finance UK" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <adrianpeters1656@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2019 16:22:58 -0700
Subject: contact me soon

I am Mr. Peters a finance officer in a reputable financial institution in UK. I wish to notify you that I am willing to list your name as a beneficiary to an estate in the codicil and last testament of a deceased customer in our financial institution.
 
I am contacting you to partner with me and therefore I can present you as the beneficiary to the inheritance. I therefore reckoned that you can receive these funds as you are qualified to stand as the only beneficiary. All the legal papers that will be used to process the payment will be handled by me, in youracceptance to co-operate with me on this deal.
 
Kindly forward to me your letter of acceptance to enable me commence with the procurement of all the legal documents for the release of this sum of money to you.
 
Yours faithfully,
 
Mr. Peters.
 

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