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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. VERONICA Bright" <pjack126@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsveronicabright@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 13:21:47 +0000
Subject: THANK YOU

Mrs. Veronica Bright
Bank Of East Asia USA(NA)
San Gabriel Branch
168 West Valley Boulevard,
San Gabriel, CA 91776, USA

Greetings Friend,

You may wonder why I am reaching out to you in spite of friends that I
have known for years, the singular reason is that I have by the very
nature of this proposition and the required confidentiality decided to
deal with a person that I have not known before so that we can develop
the trust and execute this transaction without a third person
knowing.I would not have used this medium (Internet) but I chose to
reach youthrough it because it is the fastest, surest and most secured
medium of communication.

However, this correspondence is nu-official and private, and it should
be treated as such. I also guarantee you that this transaction is
hitch free from all what you may
think of.

I am Mrs. Veronica Bright of The Bank of East Asia USA, San Gabriel
Branch,California (USA) I am contacting you based on Trust and
confidentiality that will be attached to this transaction. The
Management and the Legal department of our bank in a recent meeting
recommended that the account of MR. DAVID ANGELLl, who was one of my
branch depositors, should be declared Dormant, confiscated and the
depositor's fund sent to the Bank Treasury according to American
Banking and financial law.

Mr. David Angell and the wife died in world trade center as a victim
of the September 11,2001 incident that befell the United States of
America. The bank has made series of efforts to contact any of the
relatives to claim this money but without success.

MR. DAVID ANGELL is an account holder in my branch; he owns a dollar
account with the sum of 58.2M (Fifty Eight Million, two Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars Only) deposited in a Secret account
with my branch .In fact, since his death, no next of kin of the
account holder nor any relative of him has shown up for the claim,this
is because he has the account as a secret account thus he left all the
documents for the deposit with me. The wife whom he signed in as his
next of kin died with him on that fateful and sad day.

This is where I am interested and where I want you to come in. I want
you to come in as the relation of the deceased; I will give you the
relevant documents and contacts to file the application and then
effect the approvals for the transfer of the funds, I will be the one
to provide the vital documents for the claims of the money and then
advise you exactly how we should handle it.

Please include your telephone/fax number/ Home address when replying
this mail and I will give you more information as soon as you indicate
your willingness to assist in this transaction. I will use my
positions to get all internal documentations to back up the claims. Do
not be bothered that you are not related in any way to him as I am in
position to affix your name as the next of kin. The whole Procedures
will last only 9 working days to get the fund retrieved successfully
without trace even in future. After the transfer of the money we shall
share the money 70-30, which is I will have 70% while you will have
30%.

Kindly respond promptly so I can advice you on the next step to follow.

I will be waiting to hear from you.
Yours truly,

Mrs. Veronica Bright
Bank Of East Asia (USA)

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