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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. Duncan P. Hennes" <adpt@accountant.com>
Reply-To: inf25u@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 09 May 2019 04:38:03 +0000
Subject: VERY CONFIDENTIAL


GREETINGS

I AM MR. DUNCAN P. HENNES, HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY AND YOUR FAMILY I HOPE
FINE? I WAS LED TO CONTACT YOU FOR THIS TRANSACTION, I AM THE CITIBANK
- ABU DHABI BRANCH BANK MANAGING DIRECTOR OF GLOBAL BANKING,  MIDDLE
EAST LIMITED U.A.E
BRANCH IS BASED IN ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. AN INVESTMENT FUND
OF $7.5MILLION USD WAS PLACED UNDER MY MANAGEMENT MANY YEARS AGO
WITHOUT ANY NEXT OF KIN BY A FOREIGN CUSTOMER MR. BURROWS RODNEY, WHO IS
DECEASED.
I NEED YOUR PERMISSION TO PRESENT YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO MY
DECEASED CLIENT. I WILL HANDLE THE DOCUMENTATION AND DO EVERYTHING
NECESSARY FOR THE COMPLETION OF
THE FUND TRANSFER TO YOU WHICH WILL BE OF MUTUAL BENEFIT TO US. I DECIDED
TO TAKE THE STEP AS I WILL BE RETIRING FROM SERVICE BY JULY, 2019 AND DO NOT
WANT TO LEAVE THE FUND FOR THE BANK.  WE WILL SHARE THE FUND 50/50 IF THE
DEAL BECOMES A SUCCESS AS THE FUND WILL BE REMITTED TO YOU WHILE I VISIT
YOU ONCE THE TRANSACTION IS SUCCESSFUL .  IF YOU ARE INTERESTED REPLY
ON PRIVATE EMAIL BELOW FOR MORE DETAILS : INF25U@GMAIL.COM

HAVE A NICE DAY.

REGARDS,
MR. DUNCAN P. HENNES

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