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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 Daniel Higgs" <hulowing785@poczta.onet.eu>
Reply-To: <daniel.higgs221@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:02:15 -0700
Subject: WE NEED YOUR KINDEST ASSISTANT

Greetings to you beloved,
 
 
My name is Mr. Daniel Higgs a Cuban and 59years old. I have been living here in Haiti for 36years with my family. Wood extraction and exportation is my business and the CEO of Weimar Woods Company with over 26 employees in the capital city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Until January 12th natural disaster (Earthquake) which destroyed our home, assets, my company, the machines such as the miller, plainer, wood extracting machines etc that worth over $2.6million and other valuables of mine. In order to move on with life with my family, I want to entrust in you, the sum of TWENTY SEVEN MILLION, THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS (USD$27,300.000.00) which is now my family’s hope of survival as soon as we are able move out of Haiti.
 
 
The fund is presently deposited at FIRST LIGHT FEDERAL CREDIT UNION BANK (FLFCU) Transit Account in Texas but I needed it to be transferred into in an individual account as the transfer was made in an emergency. Please let me know if you can help me receive this fund in your account pending when my family and I will finally be coming over to your country. I had already set out 30% of the total sum for anyone that can help me to actualize this as my attorney advised me to do. Meanwhile, you can send me the following details in your response to this email as it has already been in request by the FIRST LIGHT FEDERAL CREDIT UNION BANK, TEXAS to effect the transfer.
 
 
1 Your full name
2 Your contact address
3 Phone & fax numbers
4 Your current occupation
5 Your account numbers
6 Your bank’s name & address
7 Your nationality
 
Please ensure you send the above information complete as to the bank’s request and I promise you that my family and I will be more than grateful if you will be kind enough to be of help to us.
 
 
Yours sincerely,
Mr. Daniel Higgs.
 

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