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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: Naeem John <johnaeem@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 16:26:45 +0400
Subject: kindly assist as i am getting this email to help them and get this
claim representation

to whom it may concern,

kindly suggest me i have receiving the msg on my facebook, gmail and yahoo
to help this lady,

Like as i told you I have informed the bank about my plans to claim
this money and the only thing they told me is to look for a foreign
partner who will stand on my behalf due to my refugee status and the
laws of this country. You will have 20% of the total money helping me
and the remaining money will be managed by you in any business of your
choice. In this regards i will like you to contact the bank
immediately with this information,tell them that you are my foreign
partner and that you want to know the possibilities of assisting me to
transfer my $ 3.7 million dollars deposited by my late father of which
i am the next of kin of the Money.

The contact information of the bank is as follows:
ADDRESS:
Name: ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP PLC .
EMAIL: ( Rbankofscotland1@yahoo.co.uk ) or
( Rbankofscotland2@gmail.com )
Telephone numbers..... + (44) -703-188-6563,
Office fax number ....... + (44) -703-5932-539.

( Account Information )
Account name: Major General, Abdel Younes
Account number: BLB744008901546/QB/91/A.
Amount: 3.7 Million US Dollars
Next of kin: miss Sally Abdel

CONTACT PERSON:
Sir Philip Hampton
Group chairman and Remittance Manager
DIRECT: +44-703-188-6902.

Already i have informed this bank about my intention to claim my late
father's deposit of which my name appears as the next of kin. The only
thing the bank told me is to look for a foreign partner who will
assist me in the transfer due to my refugee status here in Senegal, as
a refugee i am not allowed direct claim of the money but through an
appointed representative as the united refugee law governing refugee
all over the world states.

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