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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: Rabobank Group Belgium <posnet1960@gmail.com>
Reply-To: pickup@nts-online.net
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 18:17:30 +0200
Subject: Offer


Rabobank Group

Lozenberg 20

Zaventem B-1932

Belgium



Greetings,



I am Mr. Michael Dickinson I work as the Fund Executive Manager with
Rabobank Group Belgium, the world leading Investment & Fund Management
Institution based in Belgium/Channel Island. I have an investor under my
portfolio with a closing balance of €41,300,000.00 (Forty-One Million Three
Hundred Thousand Euro) as his first initial deposit.



This investor died Four years ago leaving no WILL or AUTHORIZATION for Re-
transfer of his investment and its proceeds to the INHERITOR. I have
personally carried out an investigation on the subject matter that took me
15Months to finalize and was made to understand that the family relatives
of the investor knows nothing about his investment with Rabobank Group
Belgium and none have any records of all his deposits and investment with
us, there by creating an avenue for claiming of the said funds with its
accrued interest on presentation of a trustworthy person that can stand as
the

INHERITOR to the deceased



If you are interested I can present you as the INHERITOR with proper
documentation that will qualify you to have the funds claimed and on doing
this, our establishment will not question the release of the funds to you
as I will make sure that we comply with the banking laws and ethics of
claiming the investment in our establishment.



If you are willing to combine with me please kindly forward the following
Information.

(1) Full Name:

(2) Postal Address:

(3 Telephones and Fax Number:

(4) Occupation:

(5) Date of Birth:



We shall both share the fund, 50% to me and 50%



Please contact me for more details if interested.



PLEASE REPLY ON MY ALTERNATIVE EMAIL;



Sincerely



Mr. Michael Dickinson.

pickup@nts-online.net

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