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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: JESSICA LINLEY <jssclinley@gmail.com> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:03:03 -0700 (MST)
Subject: VERY URGENT AND CONFIDENTAIL

MISS JESSICA LINLEY, AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING MANAGER, KASIKORN BANK THAILAND BANGKOK THE KINGDOM OF THAILAND. MY DEAR, I AM MISS JESSICA LINLEY, THE AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING MANAGER OF KASIKORN BANK HERE IN BANGKOK,THE KINGDOM OF THAILAND. IN MY DEPARTMENT WE DISCOVERED AN ABANDONED SUM OF US$24.1M DOLLARS (TWENTY FOUR MILLION, ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS) ONLY IN AN FIXED DORMANT ACCOUNT THAT BELONGS TO ONE OF OUR FOREIGN CUSTOMER A GERMAN CITIZEN WHO AMONG OTHERS ON BOARD THAT DIED ALONG WITH HIS ENTIRE FAMILY AND HIS SUPPOSE NEXT OF KIN ON MONDAY, 31ST OF JULY YEAR 2000,13:22 GMT 14:22 UK IN A PLANE CRASHED NEAR PARIS IN FRANCE. PLEASE VISIT THIS SITE BELOW AND SEE THE DETAILS OF THE CRASHED, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm SINCE WE GOT THE INFORMATION ABOUT HIS DEATH, WE HAVE BEEN EXPECTING HIS NEXT OF KIN TO COME OVER AND CLAIM HIS MONEY BECAUSE WE CANNOT RELEASE IT UNLESS SOME BODY APPLIES FOR IT AS NEXT OF KIN OR RELATION TO THE DECEASED AS INDICATED IN OUR BANKING GUIDELINES AND IN THE FINANCE LAW OF THE KINGDOM OF THAILAND, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE LEARNT THAT HIS SUPPOSED NEXT OF KIN DIED ALONG SIDE WITH HIM AT THE PLANE CRASHED LEAVING NOBODY BEHIND FOR THE CLAIM. IT IS THEREFORE UPON THIS DISCOVERY THAT I DECIDED TO MAKE THIS BUSINESS PROPOSAL TO YOU AND TO RELEASE THE MONEY TO YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN OR RELATION TO THE DECEASED FOR SAFETY AND SUBSEQUENT DISBURSEMENT SINCE NOBODY IS COMING FOR IT AND WE DON'T WANT THIS MONEY TO GO INTO THE BANK TREASURY AS UNCLAIMED BILL. THE REQUEST OF FOREIGNER AS NEXT OF KIN IN THIS BUSINESS IS OCCASIONED BY THE FACT THAT THE CUSTOMER WAS A FOREIGNER AND AN INDIGINE OF MY COUNTRY (THE KINGDOM OF THAILAND) CANNOT STAND AS NEXT OF KIN TO A FOREIGNER. I AGREE THAT 30% OF THIS MONEY WILL BE FOR YOU AS A RESPECT TO THE PROVISION OF A FOREIGN ACCOUNT, 10% WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR EXPENSES INCURRED DURING THE BUSINESS AND 60% WOULD BE FOR ME THEREAFTER, I WILL VISIT YOUR COUNTRY FOR DISBURSEMENT ACCORDING TO THE PERCENTAGE INDICATED ABOVE. THEREFORE,TO ENABLE THE IMMEDIATE TRANSFER OF THIS FUND TO YOUR DESIGNATED BANK ACCOUNT, YOU MUST APPLY FIRST TO THE BANK AS A RELATION OR NEXT OF KIN OF THE DECEASED WITH A TEXT OF APPLICATION, SO I WILL LIKE YOU TO SEND TO ME YOUR BRIEF DETAILS/PROFILE SUCH AS: 1. FULL NAMES: 2. HOME/OFFICE ADDRESS: 3. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN (NATIONALITY):

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