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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. David Craig" <mrdavidcraig@ymail.com>
Reply-To: davidcraig01@ymail.com
Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2012 04:26:20 -0400
Subject: From David


Hello Dear,

The inspiration to contact you is simply divine providence and I know
that this mail will come to you as a surprise as we have never met
before. I got your contact through a private search on a directory and
had a deep feeling that you will be reliable.
I am David Craig, an investment banker here in UK. I write to seek
your partnership for a business transaction that will give us a great
opportunity of being in possession of over due unclaimed sum of $12.5M
(Twelve Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States of America
Dollars), an investment deposit that belongs to our late foreign
Customer who engaged my services and guideline to make this deposit in
my bank prior to his untimely death.

As an officer in my bank, I cannot be directly connected to this fund,
and my basic aim of contacting you is to assist me receive this fund
in your bank account before the Bank resolves to confiscate the fund
into Government Treasury in line with the regulation here.I will
provide you with all the necessary information and paper works from
the involved authorities to legally back up the claim, so that this
$12.5M will be transferred to your nominated account successfully.

Finally, I will appreciate it very much if you do not make undue
advantage of the trust I have bestowed on you because I am sure that
we will achieve it successfully.

If this business proposition offends your moral values, do accept my
apology and kindly get back to me to enable me further my search for
another partner.Whatever your decision, I await your prompt response,
and believing that the transaction will be treated as private,
absolute confidentiality and sincerity. I look forward to your quick
reply with the below information:
Full names, Contact Address, Mobile/Phone Number, and Age.

Kind regards,
David Craig





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