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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: "Mrs. Joy Erich" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fturnbull@blumail.org>
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 15:11:14 +0800
Subject: Re: Season Greetings

May the peace of the Lord be unto you, I am Mrs. Joy Erich, 89 Years old woman and the wife of Late Sir Burckhard Erich who died in a Plane crash on Monday the 7th of September 1998 GMT 14:22 UK while flying from New York to Geneva. Please see site below for more information. http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9809/swissair.victims.list/index.html

Presently, I have willed out almost half of our assets to several charity homes and to some of the less privilege in different countries. I and my husband agreed to render support to an individual we have not meet before in life due to the fact that when we were still young in life we receive an anonymous help from an individual we did not know and which we have not being able to know till date, the impact we got from such gesture made us to do same.

I am sorry to inform you that you will never have the chance to know me because of my illness (acute Malignant Neoplastic Disease) which i have been battling for 2 years now and the doctor said they cannot help me anymore. Regarding how I got your personal details, it is via the internet with the help of the Nanny assigned to attend to me in my undisclosed ward here in the hospital. Because I cannot surf on my own due to partial stroke, it is the nurse who surfs for me under my direction

We (my husband and I) have the sum of Five Million, Eight Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterlings with ING-DIRECT BANK UK; I have not made any transaction with my account for two years now because of my illness and the doctor said I have few months. Right now I want to give you the said sum for you to help the less privileged in your country and for your own personal use.

You have to contact Dr Frank Turnbull who is in charge of International Transfer and also my personal accountant at ING-DIRECT BANK UK for the transfer of the funds to your personal account with this information below;

Contact Person: Dr Frank Turnbull
Email Address: internationaltransferdepartment@ing-directbnking.co.uk
Phone:+447014246037
Fax: +441618840528

I also want to let you know that I have paid for the change of ownership affidavit, power of attorney and the insurance bond, so please, do not pay for any of these documents I just mentioned, you will be given the said documents as soon as you contact the bank with the below information.

Full Names:
Postal address;
Direct telephone number;
Age:
Occupation:
Gender:

When contacting them, also include this code number: (4033/spce/9ty), you are to also present it to them for verification.

Please, try to contact them as soon as you receive this mail to avoid any further delay.

I know all this may sound surprising to you, I do not know you, but I want to trust you will use this fund to help the less privilege and for your own personal use.

Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. Joy Erich

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