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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: UnitedKingdom@mary.com
Reply-To: jacekmarek01@yahoo.pl
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2013 09:48:15 -0500
Subject: GREETINGS TO YOU FROM MR JACEK URBANSKI

Compliment, I am sorry for this unsolicited email. Please take time to read carefully
not minding my bad English because it is not my primary language. I have a profiling sum
in excess of 30M (Thirty Million Euros) which I seek your partnership in accommodating
for me. You will be rewarded with 30% of the total 30million Euros. INTRODUCTION OF
MYSELF: I am Mr. Jacek Urbanski, I was the Personal Assistance to Late Mr. Slawomir
Skrzypek, former Poland's National Bank President who died in a Russia plane crash that
involved the Poland President, his Wife and other top government functionaries including
my Boss ( Slawomir Skrzypek, Poland's National Bank President)


Below are sites from BBC and other international reporters as regards my story;
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8613884.stm
http://www.economist.com/blogs/charlemagne/2010/04/polands_plane_crash
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/article7094224.ece


SOURCE OF FUNDS: My late boss handed over the documents of the above quoted sum to me
before he left for his very last trip. About 2 years before he died, he moved the money
in question to a reputable Bank in the United Kingdom. YOUR ROLE: All I want from you
is to stand as the beneficiary of the above quoted sum. I will arrange for the documents
that will enable legal and hitch free transfer of the sum to you. You do not have to
travel for any reason. If interested, please reply to my most private email address; [
jacekmarek001@yahoo.pl ]. In my next email to you, I will send you more details and
sites to ascertain my claim. Note that this transaction is not supposed to take more
than 6 working days, 100% legal and risk free. Thank you very much for your time. I look
forward to hearing from you soonest.

Regards,
Mr.Jacek Urbanski.

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