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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: davis_russel@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 23:56:09 +0100
Subject: PARTNERSHIP/BENEFIT



My name is davis russel, I am the credit manager in a bank here in the United
Kingdom. I am contacting you about a 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 everything
has been taken care off, and all will be well at the end of the day. I decided
to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction.

PROPOSITION:
I am the account officer of a foreigner who died in a Concorde AF4590 air
crash along with his wife and 107 other passengers on board on the 30th July
2000. You can confirm this from the BBC website below.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
Since his death, none of his nex! t-of-kin are alive to make claims for
this money as his heir, because they all died in the same accident (May his
soul rest in peace). We cannot release the fund 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, I 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 me for the funds, (Thirteen Million Four Hundred
and Fifty Thousand Dollars) to be released in your favour as the beneficiary's
next of kin because after six years the money will be called back to the
bank treasury as unclaimed bills and the money shared amongst the directors
of the bank.
It is on this note I decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as
the next of kin/beneficiary to this funds rather than allow the bank directors
to share this money amongst themselves at the end of the year.
It may interest you to know that we have secured from the probate an order
of mandamus to locate any of the deceased beneficiari es. Please acknowledge
receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual business endeavor by
furnishing me with the following information if you are interested.

1. A Beneficiary name; In order for me to prepare the document for transfer
of the funds in your name.
2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers; For our personal contact and mutual
trust in each other.
You will be compensated with Two million Dollars on final conclusion of
this project for your assistance, while the rest shall be for us for investment
purpose because. I intend to retire after the conclusion of this transaction.
If this proposal is acceptable by you, please endeavor to contact me immediately.
Do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you, I await
your urgent mail to my personal email address:davis_russel@Bluebottle.com


Regards,
davis russel

___________________________________________________________

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