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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. Marcel Smith" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <drmarcelsmith.sr@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 23:54:18 +0100
Subject: Re: Important & Urgent Transaction

Dear Sir/Mdm,
 
Please accept my sincere apology if my email does not suit your business or personal ethics. I will first introduce myself to you. My name is Dr. Marcel Smith, the Foreign Operations Manager of bill and exchange at the foreign remittance department of Santander UK Plc London (Santander Bank), London Branch.
 
I discovered an abandoned sum of GBP8,000,000.00 GBP (Eight Million British Pounds Sterling) with account number 37825693-9928 and box-deposit of money worth GBP5,100,000.00 (Five Million and One Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterling) that belongs to Egypt's former president, Hosni Mubarak.
The name he used for the opening of this account and box-deposit is Mr. Long Glenn (faceless person/name) and I have confidently discussed this issue with my colleagues (The Branch Manager to be precise) and we have agreed to find a reliable partner abroad to deal with. It is therefore upon this that I now decided to make this business proposal to you so that our bank can release the money to you.
The box was registered as CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS (Certificates of Occupancy of Landed Properties, shares certificates and Family VALUABLES) But it is only you and I who knows that the actual content of the box is money and you are kindly advised to keep this to yourself and not to disclose it to anybody to avoid losing the funds as we have concluded arrangements to smuggle this box out of UK through a Diplomatic Syndicate Arrangement and transfer the other to any trustworthy person who will receive it on our behalf until either I or my colleague ( MRS.MARY GRAHAM) arrives your country to take full possession of the box and give your 40% share to you.
Since his removal, there has been intensified Global efforts to seize assets and monies belonging to him which the Financial Service Authority of UK has given us mandate to compile all his bank accounts with us.
You can read more about the this by visiting the website bellow. http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/02/14/chasing.mubaraks.millions/index.html?iref=allsearch
 
I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch-free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer.
I will be expecting your urgent reply on my private email box (drmarcelsmith.sr@gmail.com)
Best regards
Dr. Marcel Smith.
Foreign Operations Manager
Bill and Exchange,
Santander UK Plc London
London – England UK.
(drmarcelsmith.sr@gmail.com)



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