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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. Desmond Campbell" <hsbcbank6@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mr.desmond.campbell.88@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2017 14:01:55 +0100
Subject: Urgent Business Proposal.

Urgent Business Proposal.

I am Mr. Desmond Campbell, I work with the investor's center of the
London stock exchange group Plc. We have for some years now, been
dealing with some unclaimed shares running to the tune of 6.7 Million
Thousand Pounds and recently my boss secretly decided to sell it off
with the intention that the two of us will make use of the fund for
investment outside the stock house.

An American investor has paid for the unclaimed shares in Dollars and
the cash has been received and saved in CHINA CITIC BANK for onward
movement outside the Country. But unfortunately, my boss passed away
two months ago, and the family has read his last testament (WILL)
without mentioning anything about this cash deposited in CHINA CITIC
BANK.

So at this point, I was the only person that knows this deal and where
this money is. But, since I cannot do it alone, I contacted my boss
wife and told her all that transpired while her husband was alive and
I am the only trusted partner who knows about this money because of
this, she has given me the go ahead order to make sure I get a trusted
person overseas who will receive this fund and share it, so that her
family will make use of their own share of the money to complete her
husband’s intention and his soul will rest in peace.

The total amount in Dollars is US$10,636,352.96 and this amount is
still available in CHINA CITIC BANK. Show your interest ASAP by
sending your full contact details;

1. Full name
2. Address
3. Cell phone
4. Occupation

Use your own private email to write me through this my private email
here : mr.desmond.campbell.88@gmail.com, while a legal practitioner
will use this details to get a legal permit for you to receive this
cash outside this Country for our sharing. You will be given 30% out
of the total sum.

Your co-operation is highly expected to help this widow and her children.

Yours truly,

Mr. Desmond Campbell.

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