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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: "Mr. Nick Millard" <nickmillard44@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mr.nickmillard@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2016 20:59:46 +0300
Subject: kindly Reply

Greetings,

I am Mr. Nick Millard,the Manager Bills and Exchange at the foreign
remittance department of my bank here in London.I saw your contact during
my private search and I have a deep believe that you will be very honest,
committed and capable of assisting in this business venture. I have a
business proposal which I believe that will be a very Good opportunity for
both of us so I decided to contact you.

I am in charge of bank account belonging to late Dr. Manzoor Hassan who
died with his entire family in Syria, as a result of the Syria War, Since
we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin
to come over and claim his money because the management can not release
the money unless somebody applies for it as next of kin to the deceased as
indicated in our banking guidelines but unfortunately, I learnt that all
his Family died alongside with him in the Bomb explosion leaving nobody
behind for the claim. It is based on this that I am contacting you to
stand as the beneficiary to my late client so that his funds in our
custody will be released and paid to you as the next of kin.

I have the entire secret information’s of this deposit which will help you
to claim this money as the next of kin. I don’t want this money to go into
the banks treasury as unclaimed funds. I will not fail to bring to your
notice that this transaction is a hitch free that you should not entertain
any fear as all required arrangements have been made perfectly. At this
moment you should feel free to contact me through e-mail as soon as you
receive this e-mail. You should understand that this should be kept very
confidential, let it be between you only. This is the only way we can
achieve success. I will level the whole arrangement here in the bank for
the transfer to be approved immediately.

It is important you respond back to me with the following details:

1. Full name
2. Contact address
3. Your Mobile phone number
4. Company Name
5. Occupation
6. Age

Upon receipt of the above, I will give you full details of this
transaction and more information about my late client who left this
£15,800,000.00 in our Bank. I will provide you with all the necessary
information, documents and proof to legally back up the claim from the
different offices.

Thank you.
Nick Millard




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