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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: JOHN ANDRUS <johnandrus@mail.kz>
Reply-To: johnandrus6@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 10:58:17 +0100
Subject: From Mr.John Andrus

From Mr.John Andrus.

Kindest Attention:

I write to you in good faith and trust that you will take a moment to
consider the contents of this letter. I am Mr.John Andrus, the Chief
Auditor of an Assets and Investment in United Kingdom. In the course of
my job, I discovered a floating fund in an account which was opened in
1999 belonging to a foreigner Late Mr. William Barnes , who died in an
air crash with his wife and children. All effort made to track any
member of his family or next of kin has since failed, hence I got in
contact with you to stand as his next of kin. He died leaving no heir or
a will.

My intention is to transfer this sum of Thirty Million British Pounds
Sterling (£30,000,000) in the above mentioned account to a safe account
overseas. I am therefore proposing that you partner with me and provide
an existing account or set up a new account that will serve the purpose
of receiving the above fund.

For your assistance in this venture, I will give you 30% of the entire
funds Nine Million British Pounds Sterling (£9,000,000).

After going through the deceased person's records and files, I
discovered that:

(1) No one has operated this account since 2002
(2) He died without an heir; hence the money has been floating
(3) No other person knows about this account and there is no Next of
Kin.

If I do not remit this money urgently, it would be forfeited and
subsequently converted to company's funds after the 12th year (this
year); this will benefit only the Directors of my firm. The funds will
be approved and paid to you legally as soon as I secure all the
necessary Documents and Certifications in your name. I will also guide
you on how to make your applications to ensure its approval and payment.

Reply stating your direct telephone number this is to enable me call you
to explain detailed information on the modalities of this proposition.
The entire process will be completed within 10 working days. I
completely trust you to keep this proposition absolutely confidential
and I also want you to know that this transaction is 100% risk free. I
look forward to your prompt response to my direct email address:
johnandrus6@outlook.com

Best Regards,
Mr.John Andrus.

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