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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: "CHARLES STANLEY & CO LTD" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <richardcole105@foxmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2017 17:47:01 +0100
Subject: ATTENTION

CHARLES STANLEY & CO LTD,
25 LUKE STREET, LONDON EC2A 4AR,
UNITED KINGDOM.

Pardon me for directing this e-mail without any prior notice.

I am Mr. Richard Cole, Director; Private Wealth Management of Charles Stanley Firm, London, United Kingdom.

I wish to share a personal information with you.

I accept, we have never met before and one has to be careful before responding to matters of such concerns. All this will be addressed upon your reply, given the conditions I shall explain in my detail request for your collaboration.

Due to the expedient nature of this matter, your prompt reply will be most appreciated in giving you a breakdown on this plan. Please, contact me via my email: richardcole105@foxmail.com for further briefing.

Thanks in advance.

With kind regards,
Richard Cole.

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