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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "utmost confidentiality" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- jamesharry90@hotmail.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. James Harry" <jameshary54@hotmail.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: jamesharry90@hotmail.co.uk
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:17:15 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Business proposal

How are you and your family?

I know my letter meets you in your best mood today; my name is Mr. James
Harry ,
Head of Primeline Lloyds Tsb Bank London.I decided to seek a confidential
co-operation with you in the execution of the deal described here-under
for our both mutual benefit and hope you will keep it a top secret because
of the nature of the transaction, While auditing the bank accounts.

I discovered an unclaimed /abandoned fund, sum total of £ 17.500,000
GBP(Seventeen million Five hundred thousand British Pounds sterling) in an
account
that belongs to one of our foreign customers (Late Mr. Donald Arthur
Peterson) an American who unfortunately lost his life with his wife, in a
plane crash of United Airlines Flight 93 which crashed in Southwest
Pennsylvania in September 11, 2001.
After going through his file in our bank,

I discovered that he did not specify any next of kin or will beneficiary
to the fund. I sincerely seek your consent
to present you as the next of kin / will beneficiary to the deceased so
that the proceeds of this account valued at £ 17.500,000 GBP (Seventeen
million Five hundred thousand British Pounds sterling) will be disburse to
you, which we will share in these percentages ratio; 60% for me and 40% to
you.
All that I required is your sincere co-operation; trust and utmost
confidentiality to enable us conduct this transaction successfully.

I assured you that this transaction will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law both in your
country and here in London when the fund is transferred to your bank
account. Upon
consideration and acceptance of this offer,

please send the following information to me immediately.
-Your Full Name,
-Your Contact Address
-Your direct Mobile telephone Number.

This information will enable me to upload your data into our bank database
to reflect in the bank network system that you are the named next of
kin/will
beneficiary of this fund, then I will guide you on communication with the
bank for onward transfer of the fund to you, please note that we have few
days to
carry out this deal.
Thanks in anticipation of your urgent response.E-mail
contact...(jamesharry90@hotmail.co.uk)

Regards,

Mr. James Harry
Head PrimeLine,
Lloyds Tsb Bank London.

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