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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "larry brown" <larrybrown_5@msn.com>
Reply-To: larrybrown_5@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 16:49:38 +0000
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL





Dear Friend,

RE: COLLECTION OF FUND (US$15,900,000.00) UNDER SPECIAL
ARRANGEMENT.Pardon me if I have offended you by contacting you for such a
big
transaction through an ordinary letter which makes it suspicious considering
the type of fraud proposals moving around the world today. However, I was
advised to explain this transaction to you on a face to face meeting. I
could not do this because of the situation in the world today not being
sure of your reaction.

I am larry brown, a Consultant and Broker from Kingston Jamaica. I was
hired by a Japanese Businessman to broke an investment deal between him
and an oil company in Venezuela. This deal was executed in January,
2003 and matured for termination in January 2005. On maturity, the
Japanese Businessman and the oil firm decided to terminate the investment in
cash to avoid payment of investment tax which amounted to several tens
of millions of US Dollars to the American Internal Revenue Service
(IRS). A special arrangement was made between a top Japanese banker working
with Japanese bank in New York, the Oil company and the businessman to
terminate the investment in cash payment under a fictitious name, with
an arrangement to change it later with a power of attorney which they
prepared and handed over to the banker.


I was directly involved, well paid and mandated to organized and carry
out the deal. All the cash was withdrawn in June 2005 and transported
to Canada by direct bank vault delivery to a private diplomatic storage
in Canada for safekeeping pending the collection.

The real content of
the boxes was not declared to the storage as it was delivered as
personal family treasure and diamonds.The codes for the storage, secret
codes
for the opening of the boxes and its keys were all handed over to me.
Mr. Takashi the Florida businessman was planning to go to Canada by
August 2005 with me for the collection when the unexpected happened
in Hurricane Katrina Mishap,a natural disaster which claimed his life and
that
of the top banker. This left me devastated and confused as I have not
yet handed over the deposit details to the owner and the power of
attorney prepared for the change which was signed was still with the banker
in his office which was lost.


It was agreed with the storage that the consignment would be collected
on or before 12 months from the date of delivery. Since last December,
the diplomatic storage manager has been calling me to bring or tell the
owner to come over for collection. Since then,
I have been finding any
reliable person to collect these consignments under special and well
negotiated arrangement until I came across your details.Be rest assured
that this transaction has been well organised, 100% safe, legal,
and should be kept very confidential.signify your interest by
contacting me via my private Email:larrybrown_5@yahoo.co.uk


Regard,

larry brown.


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