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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 Allan Street" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrallanstreet@accountant.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 20:27:34 +0200
Subject: Mr From Mr Allan Street

From Mr Allan Street
Bancaja Bank Madrid
Spain.
5th April 2011.

Dear Friend,
I am Allan Street, An Auditor with the Bancaja Bank here in Spain; I have a Business of (7.4 M) Euros for you to handle with me and my partners from my bank. My colleagues just gave me directive to search and nominate a next of kin for these funds, this funds was deposited by the Libya's Foreign Minister Mr. Musa Kusa since August 8th 2005.
I got your particulars from http://www.internationaldirectory.com/ because I really wanted to be sure of whom we are dealing with to avoid transacting any business with someone I don't know anything about. And due to the current crisis in Libya. Please mind you this is a DEAL, So it has to be kept confidential. Until we have successfully transferred this funds out from our bank to your nominated bank account.
I will give you further details on how we can go about this whole process, As we are senior staff in the bank, so we have all modalities in place, We just need you to stand as the next of kin and sole beneficiary of these funds. So there is totally nothing to worry about as this transaction is 100% risk free and genuine.
At the successful procurement of the funds, you shall remit 60% to me and 40% for you. If you are interested kindly reply: mrallanstreet@accountant.com
Thank You.
Mr. Allan Street
Account Auditor
Email- mrallanstreet@accountant.com
Email- mrallanstreet@consultant.com

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