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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Nigel Jesson" <nigeljesson@easy.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: nigjesson@libero.it
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 01:27:16 -0800
Subject: Transaction Proposal


Unity Trust Bank plc
3rd Floor Congress House
23-28 Great Russell St.
London C1B 3UB
Tel: 44 7005980565
Fax: 447005968848


FROM: MR. NIGEL JESSON
CORPORATE BANKING

DEAR SIR ,

CORDIAL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP

COURTESY OF OUR BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY I TAKE LIBERTY ANCHORED ON STRONG
DESIRE TO SOLICIT FOR YOU ASSISTANCE ON THIS MUTUAL BENEFICIAL AND RISK
FREE TRANSACTION WITH YOU THAT I HOPE YOU WILL GIVE URGENT ATTENTION.
TO BE PRECISE I AM MR. NIGEL JESSION THE MANAGER CORPORATE RELATIONS OF
UNITY TRUST BANK PLC. LONDON. IN MY DEPARTMENT, WE DISCOVERED AN
ABANDONED SUM OF 28,354,000.00 (TWENTY EIGHT MILLION THREE HUNDRED AND
FIFTY FOUR THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS STERLINGS) IN AN ACCOUNT BELONGING
TO ONE OF OUR CUSTOMER (ANIEL SOLOMON AN ISRAEL) WHO DIED ON THE EVE OF
21ST DECEMBER 1988 (PAN-AM FLIGHT 103) AN AMERICA CIVIL AIRCRAFT BOEING
747 - 121 THAT WAS ON ITS WAY FROM FRANKFURT VIA LONDON TO NEW YORK
WHEN IT CRASHED WITH NO SURVIVALS OVER LOCKERBIE CITY IN SCOTLAND.

HAVING RECEIVED FULL INFORMATION ABOUT HIS DEATH, WE HAVE LONG EXPECTED
HIS NEXT OF KIN TO COME OVER CLAIM HIS MONEY AS WE CAN NOT RELEASE IT
EXCEPT SOME ONE APPLY FOR IT AS NEXT OF KIN OR RELATION TO THE DECEASED
AS INDICATED IN OUR BANKING SYSTEM. UNFORTUNATELY/FORTUNATELY TILL DATE
NO ONE HAS COME FORWARD FO THIS CLAIM.

AFTER THIS BREAKTHROUGH I AND MY COLLEAGUES HAS DECIDED TO ESTABLISH A
CORDIAL TRUSTED CONFIDENTIAL RISK FREE MUTUAL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP
WITH A NEUTRAL BODY HENCE MY CONTACTING YOU, WE EXPECT YOU TO
PURPORTEDLY PRESENT YOUR GOOD SELF AS THE NEXT OF KIN OR RELATION OF
THE DECEASED SO THAT WE CAN PREPARE DOCUMENTATIONS AN RELEASE THE FUNDS
(28,354,000.00 (TWENTY EIGHT MILLION THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FOUR
THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS STERLINGS) INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AS “UNCLAIMED
FUNDS”.

MODE OF SHARING AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE TRANSFER WILL BE
FOLLOWS, FOR THE ROLE YOU WILL BE EXPECTED TO PLAY IN THE ENTIRE
EXERCISE, WE HAVE AGREED TO YOU (30%) OF THE TOTAL SUM AND THE
REMAINING (70%) SHALL BE FOR ME AND MY GROUP IN SUPPORT OF THE
AFOREMENTIONED.

YOU ARE URGED TO REPLY THIS LETTER INDICATING YOUR READINESS AN
INTEREST TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS BUSINESS IN LESS THAN 72HOURS.

UPON YOUR REPLY, BE ADVISED ON THE NEXT STEP FORWARD AS WE HAVE
PREPARED TO FINALISE THIS TRANSACTION IN LESS THAN SEVEN (7) WORKING
DAYS (ALL THROUGH INTERNET ONLINE BANKING) ALL NECESSARY BANK CODE AND
DOCUMENTS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE BY MYSELF AND MY TEAM.

AT TIS POINT I WANT TO BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL PROTECT OUR INTEREST BY
KEEPING THIS BUSINESS TOP SECRET AND CONFIDENTIAL, AS YOUR INTEREST
WILL BE EQUALLY PROTECTED IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE AND MAINTAIN MAXIMUM
CONFIDENTIALITY. I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU ON THE ABOVE
DEDICATED TEL, FAX OR EMAIL AS I COUNT ON YOUR IMMEDIATE RESPONSES,vIA MY PERSONAL MAIL BOX;(nigjesson@ukrpost.net)

YOURS TRULY,


MR. NIGEL JESSON
MANGER CORPORATE RELATIONS
UNITY TRUST BANK PLC. LONDON






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