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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 Jose Success" <martinkelvin2007@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: josesuccess@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 06:57:06 -0900
Subject: VERY URGENT

MR.JOSE SUCCESS,

BRANCH MANAGER

(WEST SHORE
BRANCH) BUTTERFIELD BANK CAYMAN LIMITED
BUTTERFIELD HOUSE,68 FORT STREET
GRAND CAYMAN, CAYMAN ISLANDS


Dear Sir/Madam ,

I feel quite safe dealing with you in this business proposition having gone
through your remarkable profile on the internet.Though, this medium
(Internet)has been greatly abused, I choose to reach you through it because
it still remains the fastest, surest and most ecured medium of
communication .However,thiscorrespondence is unofficial and private, and
it should be treated as such. I also guarantee you that this deal is hitch
free from all what you may think of.I am MR.MARGO SEARS, Branch
Manager(West Shore Branch) BUTTERFIELD BANK CAYMAN LIMITED. I am contacting
you based on Trust and onfidentiality that will be attached to this deal.

The Management and the Legal department of our BANK (BUTTERFIELD BANK CAYMAN
LIMITED)
in a recent meeting, Recommended that the account of SUSAN LEE KENNEDY
SCHULER, who was one of my branch depositor, should be declared
Dormant,confisticated and the depositor's fund sent to the Bank Treasury
according to cayman island Banking and financial law. he
died in world trade centre as a victims of the september 11,2001.Incident
that befall the united state of america,the bank is still unrelenting in
it's bid to contact any of the relatives to claim This
money, you can confirm through this

http://www.september11victims.com/september11Victims/victims_list.htm

She is an account holder in my branch, She owns a dollar account with the
sum of US$38.6M (Thirty Eight Million, Six Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars Only) deposited in a numbered account with the account. In fact it
happened that since her death, the next of kin of the dollar account
holder(the brother) or whom ever that is related to her has not show up for
the claim. This is where I am interested on and his is where I want you to
come in. I want you to come in as the relation of the deceased, I will
give you the contact of the attorney, you will have to write to him
Telling him you are a relation to the deceased and that you have found out
that Mrs. SUSAN LEE KENNEDYSCHULER has account with BUTTERFIELD BANK
CAYMAN LIMITED. which you wants to lay claims through his legal authority.He
is going to be happy to assist you. I will be the one to provide the vital
documents for the claims of the money and then advise you exactly how we
should handle it.

Please include your telephone/fax number/ Home Address when replying this
mail and I will give you more information as soon as you indicate your
willingness to assist in this transaction.

We will use our positions to get all internal documentations to back up
the claims .The whole Procedures will last only 7 working days to get the
fund retrieved successfully Without trace even in future. Please need the
following:

1.YOUR FULL NAME

2.PHONE AND FAX NUMBER

3.HOME ADDRESS

4.COMAPNY NAME AND ADDRESS.

After successful conclussion of this transaction, we shall share the money
60-40.

Yours truly,

Mr Jose Success


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