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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: "Nicholas Teo(ESQ)" <ximma@evedisa.com.co>
Reply-To: "Nicholas Teo(ESQ)" <nicholast@blumail.org>
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 06:17:46 -0500 (COT)
Subject: Please contact me at once to indicate your interest.


Greetings,

I am Nicholas Teo(ESQ), from Malaysia. My late client was a
private oil
consultant/contractor with the Shell Petroleum Development
Company in
Malaysia before his death. My client died as a result of a
heart-related
condition on April 22nd 2005. His heart condition was due
to the death of
his wife and his three children in the tsunami natural
disaster on 26th
December 2004 in Sumatra Indonesia. It may interest you to
know that my
client died "intestate".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake

PROPOSITION:

I decided to contact you purely on a personal conviction of
trust and
confidence to assist in distributing the money left behind
by my client.
The deceased had a deposit valued presently at
(USD$6,500,000:00) and the
Bank has issued me a notice to provide a next of kin or
beneficiary,
otherwise the deposit would be confiscated.

My proposition to you is to seek your consent to present
you as a
relative/next-of-kin and beneficiary of my client, so that
the proceeds of
this account could be released to you. Then we can share
the amount on a
mutually agreed-upon percentage. All legal documents to
back up your claim
as my client's next-of-kin will be provided.


This will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you
from any breach of the law.

If this business proposition offends your moral values, do
accept my
apology. I must use this opportunity to implore you to
exercise the utmost
indulgence to keep this matter extraordinary confidential,
whatever your
decision, while I await your prompt response.

Please contact me at once to indicate your interest.

Best regards,
Nicholas Teo(ESQ)

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