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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: "WILLIAM DUNCAN" (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2018 11:50:52 +0100
Subject: Bank Transaction

HELLO !!!


I AM WILLIAM DUNCAN AND I WORK IN ONE OF THE

COMMERCIAL BANKS HERE IN NIGERIA. I AM CONTACTING

YOU IN REGARDS TO A HUGE SUM OF SIXTEEN

MILLI0N,SEVEN HUNDRED

THOUSAND UNITED STATES D0LLARS,ONLY IN AN ACCOUNT

WITH MY BANK SINCE 2014 BELONGING TO AN AMERICAN

PROPERTY MAGNET,NOW DECEASED.
THE OWNER OF THE SAID FUNDS DIED ALONG-SIDE WITH HIS

ENTIRE FAMILY ON AIR ALGERIA FLIGHT THAT CRASHED IN

NORTH MALI ON THE 24TH JULY,2014,KILLING ALL 116

PEOPLE ON BOARD. YOU CAN GET MORE DETAILS ON THE

WEBSITE BELOW ;

http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/24/world/africa/air-

algerie-flight


THIS PROPOSITION IS TO MOVE THIS FUND OUT TO PREVENT

MY BANK CLAIMING IT.
IF YOU ARE WILLING TO HANDLE THIS TRANSACTION,

KINDLY INDICATE YOUR INTEREST FOR MORE DETAILS .


REGARDS,

WILLIAM DUNCAN




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