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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: "Mr. David Moore" <test@brewgenie.co.uk>
Reply-To: davemore2013@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 17:11:44 -0000
Subject: MUTUAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL.




Mr. David Moore.
Tel: +44 702 407 4063.

Date: 29/10/2014.

Attention;

My name is David Moore, head of Private Wealth Management at Deutsche Bank
in London. We just concluded an investigation which was not productive in
respect of a global search of any kind of relative to a deceased client of
ours named Richard who has an investment placed under my management 15
years ago.

In 1998, Richard McCoy came to our office for a financial discussion of
about $37,000.000.00 Thirty-Seven million dollars which he wished to have
us turn over (invest).

I was assigned as his portfolio manager and worked on strategies in line
with the volume of fund at my disposal divulging in various growth funds
with prime ratings strategically investing in equity and equity-related
securities including venture capital, private equity, growth financing
hedge funds and leveraged buy-outs. We spun the money around various
diversified medium term note programs and commercial paper attracting
margins in profit and dividends of over $28.35 million United State
Dollars mostly in share-market options, Bond and Mutual fund.

In mid-1999 Richard directed that the funds be deposited at Leed Financial
Services Limited in the UK for some capital investment and wealth
management opportunities in western Europe. However, Richard was also
informed of a 2.5% Securities un-deductible from the funds(Due to the
insurance policy placed on the funds) to cater for banking and statutory
charges as required by the Bank Of England on fast cash transfer
transactions, he complained about the high charges but later paid when all
was explained about the complexities of the task at hand.

On the passing of Richard in October 2002, My office was contacted in
October 2007 by Leed Financial Services Limited of the inactivity of this
particular portfolio, My bank had investigated for years and had not found
any next of kin or relative of Richard.

I have the deposit details of the US $28,350.000.00 deposited in the Bank
and I am prepared to place you in a benefactor's position to instruct Leed
Financial Services Limited to release the funds to you as the rightful
next of kin to Richard's Estate.

The deposit hopefully should be released to you within 2 to 3 weeks after
all the necessary paper work has been put together, under the inheritance
act law of 7 years no claims rule. Deutsche Bank at this juncture should
then be informed by Leed Financial Services Limited of the official
closure of the file relating to Richard after all documents have been
processed.

If you are interested in proceeding with this proposal, contact me
immediately, so we would discuss the mode of operation as well as sharing
ratio and kindly send your personal telephone and fax numbers for swift
communication. At this point, I would advise that this project be treated
with utmost confidentiality until we have achieved our goal.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Mr. David Moore.
Head of Private Wealth Management at Deutsche Bank in London.


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