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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: Albert Derek <crape5@email.ro>
Reply-To: albertderek@walla.com
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 11:11:53 +0300
Subject: Personal Contact



Albert Derek
Town Centre House,
Southam Road,
Banbury,
Oxon OX16 2EN

I must formally introduce myself to you; I am
Mr.Albert Derek, creditofficer of AngloIrish
Bank
in London and account officer to a deceased
Immigrant property magnate who was based in the
U.K . I have an urgent and very confidential
business proposition for you.

On June 6, 2000,a German/British property
magnate and Oil consultant/contractor with the
Chinese
Solid Minerals Corporation(name with held- will
now refer to himas my client) made a numbered
time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months,
valued at $48,000,000.00 (Forty-Eight Million
American Dollarsonly) in my branch. On the 25th
of July 2000, my client, his wifeand their two
Children died in the Air France concord plane
crash boundfor New York in their plan for a
world
cruise,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.st
m

Uponmaturity,I sent a routine notification to
his forwarding address butgot no reply. After a
month, we sent a reminder and finally we
discovered from his contract employers at the
Hong Kong Solid MineralsCorporation that my
client died from that fathal plan crash of 25th
ofJuly 2000 along side his wife and only child.

On further investigation, I found out that he
died without making a WILL,and allattempts to
trace a next of kin was fruitless. I therefore
made further investigation and discovered that
my
client actually did not declare any next of kin
or relations in all his official
documents,including his Bank Deposit paperwork
in my Bank. This sum of $48,000,000.00 is still
sitting in my Bank and the interest is being
rolled over with theprincipal sum at the end of
each year. No one will ever come forward to
claim it. According to Laws of England, at the
expiration of (five)years,the money will revert
to the ownership of the British Government if
nobody applies to claim the fund. Consequently,
my proposal is that I will like you as a
foreigner to stand in as the next of kin to my
client so that the fruits of this man's labor
will not get into the hands of some corrupt
government officials.

This is simple, I wil llike you to provide
immediately your full names and address so that
an whom I will get attorney will prepare the
necessary documents and affidavits that will put
you in place as the next of kin.We shall employ
the services of anattorney for drafting and
notarization of the WILL and to obtain the
necessary documents and letter of
probate/administration in your favorfor the
transfer. A bank account in any part of the
world
that you will provide, then facilitate the
transfer of this money to you as the
beneficiary/next of kin. The money will be paid
into youraccount for us to share in the ratio of
70%for me and 25% for you and 5% for Expenses
Incurred in the course of the transaction .
There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for
this transaction will be done bythe attorney and
with my position as the credit officer
guarantees thesuccessful execution of this
transaction. If you are interested, pleasereply
immediately to my email box. Upon your response,
I shall then provide you with more details and
relevant documents that will help you understand
the transaction better. Please send me your
confidential telephone and fax numbers for easy
communication.

You should observeutmost confidentiality, and
rest assured that this transaction would bemost
profitable for both of us because I shall
require your assistanceto invest my share in
your
country. For confidentiality Reasons, I advice
that to respond strictly to this email address:
albertderek@walla.com

Awaiting your response.

Regards,

Albert Derek

Reply Strictly to:albertderek@walla.com



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