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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: "dobbs personal" <dobbspersonal@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: smith_barrmac@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 06:09:20 -0700
Subject: RESPONSE

FROM: MR.ROBERT DOBBS,BUTTERFIELD BANK CAYMAN LIMITED GRAND CAYMAN,
CAYMAN
ISLANDS (MY SINCERE REQUEST) !!!
MR.ROBERT DOBBS,
BRANCH MANAGER(WEST SHORE BRANCH)
BUTTERFIELD BANK CAYMAN LIMITED
BUTTERFIELD HOUSE, 68 FORT STREET
GRAND CAYMAN, CAYMAN ISLANDS
Dear Sir.
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,this correspondence isunofficial 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.ROBERT DOBBS, 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.
ttp://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$15.5M (Fifthen Million, Five 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
KENNEDY SCHULER 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 thus, I take 60% why you will take 40%.
Yours truly,
MR.ROBERT DOBBS


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