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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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Fraud email example:

From: gomiller100 <ggomiller@excite.com> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2005 08:33:59 -0500
Subject: Gorge Mller


Dear Sir,

Permit me to introduce myself, I am George Anthony Miller, accounts manager in a leading bank in the United Kingdom.In the course of a bi-annual "ACCOUNT REVIEW OPERATION" i have discovered that an account belonging to one Mrs. Fiona Watt, now DECEASED have remained dormant for the past two years. After intensive investigations, i found out that the Late Mrs. Watt died in a ghastly auto crash in June, 2002.

At this point i am contacting you concerning a mutually rewarding business acquaintance that necessitates you to act as the beneficiary cum next of kin to the said dormant account. I hope to give you more technical details on how i believe we should transfer the funds into your nominated offshore/residence account. The funds in this account, if left unclaimed for a stipulated number of years would be inherited by the government.Working discreetly with me, i believe we can pull this through.

PLEASE,IGNORE THIS LETTER AND RESPECT MY TRUST IN YOU BY NOT EXPOSING THIS TRANSACTION, SHOULD YOU NOT BE INTERESTED.

Sincerely,
George A. Miller


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