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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: Delta Lloyd Bank <mtovar@cintel.org.co>
Reply-To: jacobklaas@aol.nl
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:08:44 -0500
Subject: Hello

Hello,

My name is Jacob Klaas I work as an international auditor for the delta lloyd
Bank (ALM) Asset Liability Managerial department monitoring five branches
includ ing Singapore, Belgium and Netherlands.

I have taken pains to find your contact through personal endeavors which I may
explain to you upon your response. A possible family member of yours (name
withheld for security reason) died nine months ago leaving behind an
investment
total of EU5.95M (Five Million Nine hundred and Fifty Thousand Euros) with my
bank.With interest at today's value, the said investment is now worth EU9M
(Nine Million Euros) His lawyer has just notified my department of the sudden
death of the said investor in a car crash and the lawyer has also asked us to
check through our records to see who his client may have indicated
as next of kin to the investment, since the fiance (martha frances) who was
indicated in his WILL as beneficiary to most of his properties also
died in the
same car crash.

Findings and verification as auditor in the bank has led me to realize
that the investor has also named his fiance a s next of kin to the EU9M
investment. We have as yet not informed anyone of this because of the
implications, the investor's lawyer will obviously handover his properties
including the investment to the government which will in turn be
shared amongst
undeserving government officials. However, because of the relevance of the
sameness of your surname and you being a possible relative to the late
investor, we are making you this proposal since my boss and I can provide you
with much needed information to claim the investment.

You are guaranteed that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect you from any breach of the law, as the funds did not
originate from terrorism or drugs,but through inheritance. Please kindly reply
through my private email (jacobklaas@aol.nl) to confirm your full
name,telephone and fax number to enable us discuss and facilitate all due
process regarding this transaction.

Yours truly,
Jacob Klaas.

This communication, together with any attachments hereto or links contained
herein, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain
information that is confidential or legally protected. If you are not the
intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any
review,disclosure,copying,dissemination,distribution or use of this
communication is STRICTLY PROHIBITED.If you have received this
communication in
error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail message
and delete
the original and all copies of the communication, along with any attachments
hereto or links herein,
from your system




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