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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 Greet Anderson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <greetanderson20@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2017 11:42:21 +0100
Subject: FINANCIAL TRANSACTION


My name is Mr Greet Anderson


Email greetanderson20@gmail.com

I am the Regional Manager of international commercial Bank of London,[I.C.B] Aston branch London. I write you this proposal in good faith; I am married with two lovely children. I am a man of peace, and have sincere respect for human feelings and opinions. I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit you and I.
As the Regional Manager of International commercial Bank of London,[I.C.B], Aston branch London it is my duty to send in a financial report to my head office

in the capital city, Of London at the end of each business year. On the course of last year, 2016 business report, I discovered that the branch in which I am the Manager made Eight Million.Seven Hundred & Fifty Thousand Pound Sterling Only (£8,750,000.00GBP) which my head office is not aware of and will never be aware of.

I have placed this funds on what we call Escrow account with no beneficiary name. As an officer of this bank I cannot be directly connected to this money, so my aim of contacting you is to
assist me receive this money in your bank account and get 80% of the total funds as commission. There are practically no risks involved, the transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law, it will be simply a bank-to bank transfer, and all

I need from you is to stand claim as the original depositor of these funds who made the deposit with my branch so that my head office can order the transfer to your designated bank account under few working days. If you accept to work with me I will appreciate it very much as you are the first and the only person I am contacting for this transaction.

Sincerely,
Mr Greet Anderson
PERSONAL DATA
1.First Name..........
2.Middle Name........
3.Last Name............
4.Gender............
5.Month Of Birth... Day.. Year...
6.Marital Status............
7.Nationality............
8.Religion...............
9.Occupation/Company`s Name.:
10.Mobile phone No.............
11.House Phone No...............
12.Email Address.: .eg.
13.Working Identity Card....

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