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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: =?UTF-8?Q?Julian_Philip?= <NoResponse@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2013 06:11:25 -0400
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Reply?=

Untitled Document

Dear Friend

I am contacting you with the hope that you will be of great assistance t hat will in return be beneficial to you and I.

I am an auditor with United Bank For Africa (UBA) and my name is Julian Phillip, during our last audit, I discovered an abandoned sum of ($15,500,0 00.00) in an account belonging to one of our deceased foreign customer who worked with an oil development company in Nigeria. He died with his Wife in an auto crash on February 12, 2011. This couple does not have a child. Sin ce then, all efforts to trace if there exist any of his Family members has proved abortive. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to tr ace name over the Internet, to locate any member of his family, hence I con tacted you.

I have contacted you to assist in claiming the fund valued $15,500,000.0 0 left behind by the deceased before it is confiscated and declared unservi ceable by the bank where it is right now because, the Bank has given has Is sued me a notice to provide the next of kin within a limited time or have t he account confiscated .Thus, I seek your consent to present you as the nex t of kin to the deceased so that we can proceed in transferring the said fu nd to you and thereafter you and I Can share the money on a mutual agreed a mount

As a banker with a Ten (10) year work experience, I make bold to say to you that I shall provide you with all the relevant documents you need to ba ck up your claim as the next of kin to the deceased and I shall furnish you ahead with information needed to enable a successful execution. All I requ ire is your honest cooperation to enable us succeed in this deal. Again, I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that wi ll protect you from any breach of the law.

Get back to me so that we can forge ahead on this respect. For obvious s ecurity and confidential reasons, please send replies to me via:

EMAIL: julianphil@126.com

Best regards,
JULIAN PHILLIP
(External Auditor Accountant)

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