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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: "Dr Brendan Nelson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <b.nelson@englandmail.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 10:28:05 -0700
Subject: Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370/MAS370)

Good day I hope you are doing great today, This is the second time am sending you this letter, I got your email contact from a Dutchland business directory and decided to contact you regarding this business proposal. I am Dr Brendan Nelson Chairman of the Audit Committee Department of a Bank from London Piccadilly Circus, here in England (Royal Bank of Scotland). I am contacting you as regards to a business proposal that will be of an immense benefit to both of us In my department, I discovered an abandoned sum of £16.5 Million GBP (sixteen million five hundred thousand pounds sterling) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer late MRS SURTI DAHLIA, a German/Dutch business woman and widow from the Netherlands who was a victim of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370/MAS370) that crashed on the south of Indian Ocean on 8th March 2014 en route from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport killing everybody on board. View the Below link for the flight manifest : http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303369904579427230127866184 MRS SURTI DAHLIA is number 130 on the list, Since her death our Bank has been waiting for the next of kin to come up for the claim of her funds and estates valued the sum of £16.5 Million GBP but no body has done so, I personally has been unsuccessful in locating any of her relatives, I seek your consent to present you to the Bank as the next of kin to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at £16.5 Million GBP can be paid to you. The deal will be shared in this ratio: 55% to me and 45% to you. I have in my possession all necessary and vital documents that can be used in this deal. I need your honest co-operation, confidentiality and trust to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee you of 100% success in this deal, Please be rest assured that this deal will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law both here in UK and in your country. If you are capable of handling this deal, kindly get back to me for more details. Having gone through a methodical search, I decided to contact you hoping that you will find this proposal interesting, Please on your confirmation of this message and indicating your interest, I will furnish you with more information. Please contact me by Phone: +447561845072 or by E-mail. E-mail is better because my Dutch is not good. Endeavor to let me know your decision rather than keeping me waiting. Best Regards, Dr Brendan Nelson Head of Accounting Audit Department Royal Bank of Scotland London PHONE: +447561845072

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