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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: Kirk Douglas Foundation <jerzy.ciszek@mixsystem.pl>
Reply-To: cameronkdfoundation@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2015 16:41:23 +0100
Subject: RE.Reply



--
Dearly,

 I’m Cameron MacArthu, a Publications officer to "Actor" Kirk Douglas
Foundation I was instructed to deliver a Draft/Check of Five Million
Dollars Only $5,000,000.00 to you by my Mentor "Actor" Kirk Douglas,
this
gift to you is as a result of his own Charity Fundraising Donation for
The
Less privileged /and help some standard of living from his Foundation
which
i personally listed you as those to be paid."Actor" Kirk and Anne
Douglas...Donated the sum of $80 million in new gifts to an array, I do
like to inform you that he simply does this charitable/humanitarian
project
yearly from his Foundation. Be informed that your. Check is right here
with
us and ready to be dispatched. I'm hereby on standby and would like to
know
when you will be ready to get your Draft/Check. I will be heading to the
Courier Shipping Services in the next two hours time depending when i
hear
from you to inquire from them about delivering of your Draft/Check as it
was directed by my mentor "Actor" Kirk Douglas, you are hereby required
to
confirm the below details, to avoid sending it to a wrong person.
 
Direct telephone number:
Current Residence/postal Address:
Full Name:
 
As soon as i hear from you, I will immediately move to submit the Check
to
the “Courier Shipping Company” for immediate dispatch and get back to
you.
 
Best regard,
Cameron MacArthu
E-mail:  cameronkdfoundation@gmail.com

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