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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: "MR.MARGO SEAR" <margosear11@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: margosear0803@web-mail.com.ar
Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 08:59:22 -0700
Subject: FROM: MR.MARGO SEARS BUTTERFIELD BANK CAYMAN LIMIT ED (MY SINCERE REQUEST)



MR.MARGO SEARS,
BRANCH MANAGER(WEST SHORE BRANCH)
BUTTERFIELD BANK CAYMAN LIMITED
BUTTERFIELD HOUSE, 68 FORT STREET
GRAND CAYMAN, CAYMAN ISLANDS

PLEASE SEND ALL YOUR REPLY TO MY ALTERNATIVE EMAIL:
margosear@web-mail.com.ar

Dear Sir/Madam

I feel quite safe dealing with you in this business proposition having gone
through your remarkable profile on the internet.Though, this medium (Internet)has
been greatly abused, I choose to reach you through
it because it still remains the fastest,surest and most secured medium of
communication .However,thiscorrespondence is unofficial and private, and
it should be treated as such. I also guarantee you that this deal is hitch
free from all what you may think of.I am MR.MARGO SEARS,
Branch Manager(West Shore Branch) BUTTERFIELD BANK CAYMAN LIMITED. I am contacting
you based on Trust and onfidentiality that will be attached to this deal.
The Management and the Legal department of our BANK (BUTTERFIELD BANK CAYMAN
LIMITED) in a recent meeting, Recommended that the account of SUSAN LEE KENNEDY
SCHULER, who was one of my branch depositor, should be declared Dormant,confisticated
and the depositor's fund sent to the Bank Treasury according to cayman island
Banking and financial law. he died in world trade centre as a victims of
the september 11,2001.Incident that befall the united state of america,the
bank is still unrelenting in it's bid to contact any of the relatives to
claim This money, you can confirm through this

http://www.september11victims.com/september11Victims/victims_list.htm

She is an account holder in my branch, She owns a dollar account with the
sum of US$38.6M (Thirty Eight Million, Six Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars Only) deposited in a numbered account with the
account.In fact it happened that since her death, the next of kin of the
dollar account holder(the brother) or whom ever that is related to her has
not show up for the claim. This is where I am interested on and his is
where I want you to come in. I want you to come in as the relation of the
deceased, I will give you the contact of the attorney, you will have to write
to him Telling him you are a relation to the deceased and
that you have found out that Mrs. SUSAN LEE KENNEDYSCHULER has account with
BUTTERFIELD
BANK CAYMAN LIMITED. which you wants to lay claims through his legal authority.He
is going to be happy to assist you. 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.

We will use our positions to get all internal documentations to back up the
claims .The whole Procedures will last only 7 working days to get the fund
retrieved successfully Without trace even in future.Please need the following:

1.YOUR FULL NAME

2.PHONE AND FAX NUMBER

3.HOME ADDRESS

4.COMAPNY NAME AND ADDRESS.

After successful conclussion of this transaction, we shall share the money
60-40.

Yours truly,

MR.MARGO SEARS
margosear@web-mail.com.ar




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