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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: Bruce Tuthill <btuthill1x@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 22:41:01 +0100
Subject: Re: Dear Friend

Hello Friend,

It is my pleasure to contact you after satisfactory appraisal and
acceptance of your proven credential having obtained your contact
information from our chamber of commerce.I am Bruce Tuthill,working with
one of the biggest bank here in my country. I am writing you about a
business proposal that will be of an immense mutual benefit to both of us.
In my department, I discovered a sum of $9.3 Million (Nine Million three
hundred thousand Dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign
deceased customers, Late Mr. Peter Green, a Jew who was a victim of an auto
crash in April 20th 2013, resulting to his death and his family members.
Peter was 57-years-old. Also in the car at the time of the accident was his
wife, their son Albert and his sister-in-law. The driver was also dead.

The choice of contacting you is aroused from the geographical nature of
where you live, particularly due to the sensitivity of the transaction and
the confidentiality herein. Now our bank has been waiting for any of the
relatives to come-up for the claim but nobody has done that. I personally
have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives, I seek your consent to
present you as the next of kin/Will Beneficiary to the deceased so that the
proceeds of this account valued at $9.3 Million three hundred thousand
Dollars can be paid to you.

This will be disbursed or shared in these percentages, 70% to me and 30% to
you. I have secured all necessary legal documents that can be used to back
up this claim we are making. All i need is to fill in your names to the
documents and legalize them in the court here to prove you as the
legitimate beneficiary. All I require now is your honest Co-operation,
Confidentiality and Trust to enable us see this transaction through. I
guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Please, provide me the following information, as we have 7 days to run it
through. This is very URGENT PLEASE.

1. Full Name:
2. Your: Telephone Number:
3. Your Contact Address:
4. Age:
5. Core Job/ Occupation:

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.

Endeavour to let me know your decision rather than keep me waiting.

Best regards,

Bruce Tuthill

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