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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: Gloria Kai <eti.llc1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: kaigloria68@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 04:39:48 -0800
Subject: Your Indulgence!

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My name is Mrs. Gloria Kai, I am a banker here in Ghana. I write you this
proposal in good faith.

I have packaged a transaction that will be of mutual benefit to us. As the
branch manager of the bank, it is my duty to send a financial report to my
head office in the capital city, Accra, at the end of each financial year.

Following the release of the first quarter financial report, ending last
year, I discovered that my branch made Four Million,and Fifty Thousand
United States Dollars ($4,050,000.00); from the transactions accruing to
the account of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The renowned auditors
from my head office did not detect this.

I have moved the funds into what the bank call Escrow Call Account.
Meanwhile as you know I cannot be directly connected to this money for
obvious reasons. So my contacting you is to assist me receive the funds in
your bank account in your country; which I know is possible if you liaise
properly with me and get 50% of the total funds as your benefit.

The transfer would be made via swift and it will be a Bank-to-Bank wired
transfer. All I need from you is to stand claim as the original depositor
of this fund. I will compute your particulars as the person who made the
deposit in my branch, so that my head office will immediately order the
transfer to your designated bank Account. Mail me through the above
information if you think we can work together.

Please indicate your willingness to proceed in this project and send me
your full name and address, telephone/fax numbers to facilitate
communication.

Thanks for your understanding and co-operation. Reply to
kaigloria@outlook.com

Regards,

Mrs. Gloria Kai.


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