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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: bethel george <bethelgeorge01@gmail.com>
Reply-To: bethelgeorge02@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:04:39 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Confidential business proposal, reply urgently.







Attn:

I work as the auditor with BANK OF AFRICA Ouagadougou Burkina Faso, I have anInvestor under my portfolio with a closing balance of $10.5 million his firstinitial deposit.

This Investor died 31 July 2000 leaving no WILL or AUTHORIZATION for re-transferof his Investment and its proceeds to the INHERITOR and because of the lawshere in Burkina Faso.

I have personally carried out an Investigation on the subject matter that takesme 9 months to finalize and was made to understand that the Family or Relativesof the Investor knows nothing about his Investment and none have any records ofall his deposits and investment with us leaving an avenue for claiming of thesaid funds with its accrued interest on presentation of a trustworthy personthat can stand as the INHERITOR to the deceased.
 
Like I said before there is no risk involved as it will pass throughinternational banking laws and all the necessary information will be given toyou in later. I do not want any direct link between you and me. My officiallines are not secure lines as they are periodically monitored to assess ourlevel of customer care in line with our Total Quality Management Policy. Pleaseobserve this instruction religiously. Please, again, note I am a family man, Ihave wife and children. I send you this mail not without a measure of fear asto what the consequences, but I know within me that nothing ventured is nothinggained and that success and riches never come easy or on a platter of gold.This is the one truth I have learned from my private banking clients. Do notbetray my confidence. If we can be of one accord, we should plan a meetingsoon.
 
I ask that if you find no interest in this project that you should discard thismail. I ask that you do not be vindictive and destructive. If my offer is of noappeal to you, delete this message and forget I ever contacted you. Do notdestroy my career because you do not approve of my proposal. You may not knowthis but people like me who have made tidy sums out of comparable situationsrun the whole private banking sector. I am not a criminal and what I do, I donot find against good conscience, this may be hard for you to understand, butthe dynamics of my industry dictates that I make this move. Such opportunitiesonly come ones way once in a lifetime. I cannot let this chance pass me by, foronce I find myself in total control of my destiny. These chances won’t pass meby. I ask that you do not destroy my chance, if you will not work with me letme know and let me move on with my life but do not destroy me. I am a familyman and this is an opportunity to
provide them with new opportunities. There isa reward for this project and it is a task well worth undertaking.

If you are interested, I can present you as the INHERITOR with all the relevantinformation’s and proper documentation that will qualify you to have the fundsclaimed and on doing this, our establishment will not question the release ofthe funds to you as I will make sure that we comply with the laid down rulesand laws of claiming the Investment of a deceased Investor in ourEstablishment. Our sharing ratio will be 60:30 while 10% will be set aside forany kind of expenses along the line. Please contact me for more detailsbreakdown if interested by sending me along with all these information’sbellow,

1}Your full name
2}Home and office address
3}Full phone and fax number
4}Marital status
5}Age
6}Nationality
7)Occupation

Thanks.
 
Bethel George


 

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