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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 Thompson Bruce" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <thombrucefh@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2019 12:49:37 -0700
Subject: ATTENTION; URGENT RESPONSE NEEDED

From the desk of Mr.Thompson Bruce
Auditing and Accounting Section
Email: bruce79888@gmail.com
 
Dear Friend,
 
I am Mr.Thompson Bruce, the director in Charge Of Auditing
 
and Accounting Section of a renowned financial security firm
 
in the United Kingdom.
 
with due respect and regard, I have decided to contact you
 
on a business transaction that will benefit the both of us
 
at the end of the transaction. In order to transfer out the
 
sum of (GBP 10 Million) Ten Million United Kingdom Pounds)
 
from one of the leading financial security firm in the
 
united kingdom,into a foreign account provided, I need a
 
foreigner who is reliable and honest , who is capable and
 
fit to receive this money through a bank to bank wire
 
transfer.
 
During the course of our auditing last month, I discovered a
 
floating fund in an account opened in the bank in 2014 and
 
till 2019 nobody has operated on this account again, after
 
going through some old files, I discovered that the owner of
 
the account did not state any Next Of Kin, hence the money
 
is floating and if I did not remit this money out urgently
 
it will be forfeited for nothing by our management.
 
The owner of this Account is Engineer{Fredrick} a
 
foreigner,and an industrialist,and no other person knows
 
about this account or any thing concerning it, the account
 
has no other beneficiary and my investigation prove to me to
 
be perfect and risk free. However, I am revealing this to
 
you believing in God that you will never let me down when
 
the money is transferred into your foreign nominated bank
 
account. at the conclusion of this business, I will give to
 
you 40% of the total amount, while 55% will be for me and 5%
 
percent will be used for any expenses we might run into
 
during the processing of the fund Transfer.
 
Am looking forward to hearing from you. Reply me back at
 
this alternative E-mail address: (bruce79888@gmail.com) you
 
can include your telephone or mobile number for easy
 
Communication.
 
Best Regards,
 
Mr.Thompson Bruce.
 

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