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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: Dave Coleman <davecole001@sify.com>
Reply-To: davecoleman112@sify.com
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:48:06 +0900
Subject: Request For Urgent Business Relationship

>From The Desk Of Dave Coleman
Department: Senior Manager Accounts/Audit
Nat West Bank London

Good day, I apologize for sending you this sensitive information via
e-mail Instead of a Certified/Post-mail. This is due to the
urgency and importance of the information. I humbly crave your
indulgence to read this e-mail with all seriousness of purpose devoid of any
doubt in your mind because this project is based on trust, confidentiality and
sincerity of purpose in order to have an acceptable meeting of the
minds.although, we have never met before, but i have every reason to
believe that you are a highly respected personality, considering the fact that
i got your e- mail address through internet my online network, while
searching for a reliable and reputable person that can handle this transaction.


I am a senior manager accounts/audit in Nat West Bank London. I am
writing following an opportunity in my office that will be of immense
benefit to both of us. In my department we discovered an abandoned sum
of £10.5 (Ten million five hundred Thousand
Pounds Only) in an account that belong to one of our foreign customers late
Mr.Morris Thompson an American who unfortunately lost his life in the
plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31
2000,including his wife and only daughter.
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his
next of kin or relatives to come over and claim his money, because we
cannot release it unless some body applies for it as next of kin or
relation to the decease as indicated in our banking guidelines.

Unfortunately i discovered that his supposed next of kin being his
only daughter died along with him in the plane crash leaving nobody
with the knowledge of the funds behind for claim. It is therefore
upon this discovery that i and two other officials in this department now
decided to make business with you and release the money to you as the
next of kin or beneficiary of the funds for safety keeping and
subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we don't want
this
money to go back into government treasury as unclaimed bill.

The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that any unclaimed money
after ten years will be transferred into banking treasury account
as unclaimed funds.

We agreed that 35% of this money would be for you as foreign partner,
while the balance will be for my colleagues and I.

I will visit your country for disbursement according to the
percentage indicated above, once this money gets into your account.
Please be honest with me.

To commence this transaction, we require you to immediately indicate
your interest by a return e-mail and enclose the

Following information:

1. Full name
2: Your private telephone and Fax numbers.
3. Occupations and Nationality.

Note this transaction is confidential and risk free.As soon as you
receive this email,please contact me through my private E-mail address
(davecoleman112@sify.com)

Please note that all the necessary arrangement for the smooth release
of these funds to you has been finalized.We will discuss much in
details when i do receive your response.

Best regards
Dave Coleman





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