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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: peterwallace_2006@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 13:10:53 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Tsunami=20Disaster=2E?=

ATTN: Sir/Madam.
From: MR.PETER WALLACE.
Listons Rd Marlow,
Buckinghamshire,
SL7 1FD
UK

IMPERATIVE AND PRIVATE.
I am contacting you on business transfer of a huge sum of money from a deceased
account. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any
one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well
at the end of the day. We decided to contact you due to the urgency of this
transaction.

PROPOSITION;
We discovered the sum of US$32,500,000.00 (Thirty-Two Million Five Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars) in an account that Belongs to one of our
foreign customers MR. ASBJORN HASEN who died in the just recent tsunami
disaster. Since his death, none of his next-of-kin or relations has come
forward to lay claims for this money as the heir. We cannot release the
funds from his account unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin
to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.


Upon this discovery, we now seek your permission to have you stand as a
next of kin to the deceased as all documentations will be carefully worked
out by us for the funds (US$32,500,000.00) to be released in your favor
as the beneficiary's next of kin. It may Interest you to know that we have
secured from the probate an order of mandamus to locate any of deceased
beneficiaries.Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of
our mutual Business Endeavor by furnishing me with the following;

1. Your name and address
2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers

These requirements will enable us file letter of claim to the
appropriate Departments for necessary approvals in your favor before the
transfer can be made. We shall be compensating you with 30% on finalconclusion
of this project,while the rest shall be for us. If this proposal is acceptable
by you, please respond immediately, I await your urgent response in my alternate
email box:p_wallace77@yahoo.co.uk

For more details as to the proof of death you can access the web link below.

www.scandasia.com/view.php?id=1285&im=fi
<http://www.scandasia.com/view.php?id=1285&im=fi>

Best regards,
Mr. Peter Wallace.



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