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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Dawn" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dawneasy01@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2017 02:00:59 -0700
Subject: SYNERGY!!!

Hello

I'm Dawn EASY
Assistant General Manager, Foreign Projects for Tepe construction company Turkey, I have used the opportunity of an official trip to united states to send this email to you for security reasons as I want to be sure my email is not intercepted there in Turkey, I hope I have not embarrassed you as to how i got your details. I would respectfully request that you keep the contents of this mail confidential and respect the integrity of the information you come by as a result of this mail. I contact you independently and no one is informed of this communication. In 2004 One Mr Donald Christopher was award a contract what 800,000USD(Eight hundred thousand dollars) for the supply of Guardrail Forming Machine and maintenance, used for construction at Cairo Egypt Airport New International Terminal Building (TAV)
Based on my position in the company i have been recieving mails from our finicial department that Mr Donald Christopher is yet to reply to all his mails and has not responded to any of the documents sent to his address in the united states,information reaching me is that Mr Donald Christopher lost his life in a P.K.D, without any information on who is next of kin is, which means he died intestate.
What I propose is that since I have exclusive access to his file, you could be made the beneficiary of these funds. The company financial department will contact you to informing you that money has been willed to you but you have to outsource the remainig phase of the job which would cost only about 27% of the total funds. On verification, which will be the details I make available to the company,the company financial department will send all the required documents to your home address and make the payments to you. I know this might be a bit heavy for you but please trust me on this. For all your troubles I propose that we split the money in half. In the banking circle this happens every time. The other option is that the money will be reverted back to the state bureau of governmet treasury. Nobody is getting hurt; this is a lifetime opportunity for us. I would want us to keep communication for now strictly by Email, Telephone numbers or private meetings.
I am a family man; I have a wife and children. I send you this mail not without a measure of fear as to the consequences, but I know within me that nothing ventured is nothing gained and that success and riches never comes easy. This is the one truth I have learned from my private banking. Do not betray my confidence. If we can be of one accord, we should act swiftly on this. Once I get a confirmation of your positive interest to work with me on this, I will share with you more details of myself, how I got your contact detail, why I choose you, more information about the deceased and the banks involved, including all relevant documents. I am withholding this vital information for now for security and safety reasons.I await your swift response.

your sincerely

Dawn Easy
Ass GM Foreign Projects
TEPE INSAAT CONSTRUCTIONS

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