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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. Glyn Raper" <glynraper@natwestbank.co.uk>
Reply-To: glynraper60@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 03:51:20 +0200
Subject: Personal Information



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Dear Friend,

I am Mr Glyn Raper From Harlsden, North West London, here in England.I
work for Natwest Bank London. I am writing you from my office that will be
of immense benefit to both of us. In my department, being the Marketing
manager (Greater London Regional Office), I discovered an abandoned sum of
$16.4 million USA Dollars (Sixteen Million four Hundred United States
Dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers Late
Mr.George Schwartz American citizen 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.

The choice of contacting you is aroused from the geographical nature of
where you live, particularly due to the sensitivity of this transaction and
the confidentiality herein. Now our bank has been waiting for any of the
relatives to come-up for the claim but nobody has done that.I personally
have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for two years now, I seek
your consent to present you as the next of kin/Beneficiary to the deceased
so that the proceeds of this account valued at $16.4 Million Dollars can be
paid to you.

This will be disbursed or shared in these percentages,60% to me and 40% to
you. I have secured all necessary legal documents that can be used to back
up this claim we are about to do. All i need is to fill in your names to
the documents and legalize it in the court here to prove you as the
legitimate beneficiary.
All I require now is your honest co-operation, Confidentiality and Trust
to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee you that this will
be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any
breach of the law.
Please,provide me the following: as we have five days to run it through.
this is very URGENT PLEASE.

1. Full Name
2. Your Telephone Number
3. Your Contact Address.

Having gone through a methodical search, I decided to contact you hoping
that you will find this proposal interesting. Please on your confirmation
of this message and indicating your interest, I will furnish you with more
information. Endeavor to let me know your decision rather than keep me
waiting. Call me upon the receipt of the mail Tel:+447700022793 or reply
via glynraper60@gmail.com.

Best regards,


Mr Glyn Raper
Tel:+447700022793

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