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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: DR JOHN RICHARD <john2000@cantv.net>
Reply-To: john_rr1952@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 21:49:23 +0200
Subject: Dearest Friend



NATWEST BANK LONDON, ENGLAND
PUTNEY BRANCH, 153 PUTNEY HIGH STREET .
LONDON SW15 1RX
UNITED KINGDOM
Dearest Friend,

My Name is Dr Richard R. John From Harlsden , North West London , here in
England.

I work for Natwest Bank London. I am writing following an opportunity in my
office that will be of an immense benefit to both of us.

In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of $12.5 million USA
Dollars (Twelve million five hundred thousand Us Dollars) in an account
that belongs to one of our foreign customers Late Mr. Morris Thompson an
American who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska
Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31 2000, including his wife
and only daughter.
You shall read more about the crash on visiting this site.
http://www.cwn.org.uk/business/a-z/a/agco/2002/01/020104-air-crash.htm
The choice of contacting you is aroused from the geographical nature of
where
you live, particularly due to the sensitivity of the transaction. And the
confidentiality herein.
Now our bank has been waiting for any of the relatives to come-up for the
claim but nobody has done that.

I personally have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for 2 years
now, I 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
12.5Million Dollars can be paid to you.
This will be disbursed or shared in these percentages, 60% to me and 40% to
you.
All I require now is your honest Co-operation, Confidentiality and Trust to
enable us sees this transaction through. I guarantee you that this will be
executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any
breach of the law.

Please, provide me the following: as we have 5 days to run it through. This
is very very URGENT PLEASE. Kindly send the details below

1. Full Name
2. You’re Telephone Number
3. You’re Contact Address.
4. You're Occupation.
5. You're Age.

Your urgent response will be highly anticipated and appreciated,

Best regards,
Dr Richard R. John
+44-7024025551

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