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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: Collins Ali <collins_ali8000@yahoo.se>
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:44:17 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: YOUR URGENT REPLY IS NEEDED.


My Dear ,

I am Collins Ali an Auditor of a Bank in London = UK. In the the process of auditing our bank accounts I and one of my colleagues discovered that there is a dormant account valued at the sum $7,300,000.00 (Seven million three hundred thousand united states Dollars) and after due verification of this account we discovered that the account owner died On the July 2000 plane crash, the deceased (Andreas Schranne), his wife and Children died in Plane crash.

Check on the website below for the incidence.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
The idea of presenting somebody who is not related to our deceased customer to act as his next of kin came into our mind, that is how and why we have contacted you to present you as his next of kin , so that the $7,300.000.00 will be paid to you and we can both disburse the fund according to the percentage we will agree on. In view of this, I am seeking for your co-operation and understanding to stand as the next of kin to our deceased customer, to enable us claim the fund from my bank. Hence, If this proposal is OK by you and you do not wish to take undue advantage of my trust, then I hope to bestow on you.

Please kindly get back to me immediately, to enable me enlighten you on how we are to proceed. On getting your response, we shall agree on the percentage of disbursing the $7,300,000.00 between us, as we intend to invest part of our own share in real estate business in your country, and we would appreciate if you can put us in the right part in investing in your country. I will not contact any person or company until I hear from you, so as to enable me decide on what to do next. Be rest assured that this business is 100% risk free.

Regards,

Mr. Collins Ali

NB: PLEASE NOTE THAT IT DOES NOT MATTER IF YOU ARE NOT RELATED TO OUR LATE CUSTOMER, THE FUND WILL STILL BE PAID TO YOU, SINCE WE ARE PRESENTING YOU AS HIS NEXT OF KIN.



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