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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: "Collins Norbert" <collnorbert23@msn.com>
Reply-To: norbertcollins@ummah.org
Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 17:38:05 +0000
Subject: Dear Sir/Madam.

ATTN: Sir/Madam,

My name is Mr Norbert Collins the Manager, Credit and
Foreign bills of First National Bank South Africa.
I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of my
bank whose name is Joung Heasook, Korea who perished in a  plane crash[Korean Air Flight 801] with the whole passengers aboard on August  6,1997.And for your perusal you can view thisweb site

http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list.

Since the demise of this our customer, I personally has watched with keen interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one  has come to claim his funds of US$15.3M (Fifteen Million Three Hundred Thoudsand  United States Dollars) which has been with my branch for a very long time.

On this note, I decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as the Next of Kin as no one has come up to be the next of kin. And the banking  ethics here does not allow such money to stay more than Nine  years, because money will be recalled to the bank treasury as unclaimed after this period. In view of this I got your contact through a trade journal I will give you 30% of the total. Upon the receipt of your response, I will send you by  e-mail more information about the business.I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is 100% hitch free and that you should not entertain any fear as all modalities for fund transfer can be finalized within Seven working days, after you apply to the bank as a relation to the deceased.
When you receive this letter.

Kindly send me an e-mail signifying your decision including your private Tel/Fax numbers for quick communication.Kindly,reply to my alternative email:norbertcollins@ummah.org

Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Norbert Collins.

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