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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: Peter Shipton <pshipton@europe.com>
Reply-To: pshipton101@outlook.com
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2016 05:17:06 -0400
Subject: handle it for me




Top of the day to you.

I sincerely apologize for contacting you without prior knowledge of
who you are. I need you to help me receive money from a bank. The
money involved is $2,500,000.00. I need a foreign partner and a
competent hand that can receive the fund on my behalf and help me
invest it if possible. I have no intention of bringing my share of the
money back to London. I will love to invest part of my share of the
money in your country if you will accept to partner with me in any
business that will yield good money for us. I might also relocate to
your country if you accept to go into business with me as partner.

Like I said before, your role is to provide the account where the
$2,500.000.00 will be transferred into and I will handle everything
else. Send me the following details if you can handle the business so
we can proceed.

Full names:
City:
Contact Address:
Cell phone:
Occupation:
Marital status:
Age:

Once I get the details, I will apply to the bank to release the
$2,500,000.00 to your bank account which you will provide to the bank
later when they demand for it. I assure you that within the next 7
working days the money will be in your account. Once the money is
transferred into your account, the bank will send you all necessary
clearance documents through courier which you can present to your bank
or regulatory authorities to let them know that the money is
legitimate and was duly cleared before being transferred into your
account. I will fly to meet you in your country for sharing and
discuss further on how and where to invest.

Attached is a scanned copy of my international passport and Driver's
license. I am sending you the document to show how legitimate this
business is and expect that you give it the required attention and
confidentiality. I will also ask that you do not let anybody have
access to my passport. I hope this your email address is secure. If it
is not then I will advise that you open a new email with yahoo or
gmail or hotmail for this business. I do not want any third party
knowing about this business until the money is transferred into your
account.

You can call me with my number below for any clarification



Peter Shipton
+442032399426
pshipton@europe.com
pshipton101@outlook.com

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