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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: "Peter Wallace" <peterwall7000@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: pp_wall70@37.com
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 21:25:56 +0000
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL

FORM: PETER WALLACE

PLEASE BEAR WITH ME FOR THIS PRE-INTRODUCTION TO A PROMPT DEAL. IT IS A DEAL
THAT IS MEANT FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING ASSIST IN GOOD FAITH AND SHOULD BE
TREATED SWIFTLY. ALSO REFERRED TO AS MY CLIENT. ON THE 25TH OF JULY 2000, MY
CLIENT, HIS WIFE AND THEIR TWO CHLDREN DIED IN THE AIR FRANCE CONCORD PLANE
CRASH BOUND FOR NEW YORK IN THEIR PLAN FOR A WORLD CRUISE.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm



WHAT I HAVE MAY BE OF INTEREST TO YOU. IT IS A BUSINESS PROPOSAL THAT WILL
BE BENEFICIAL TO YOU AND ME. I LIVE IN BIRMINGHAM, LONDON. I AM 46 YEARS OLD
AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING IN A BANK IN LONDON FOR THE PAST 17 YEARS WHERE I AM
PRESENTLY AN ACCOUNTS MANAGER. I WILL GIVE YOU MY FULL DETAILS ON YOUR REPLY
TO THIS LETTER.

MY AIM OF CONTACTING YOU IS TO SOLICIT YOUR CO-OPERATION AND ASSISTANCE
BASED ON ONE OF THE ACCOUNTS UNDER MY MANAGEMENT CONTAINING 18.5 MILLION
POUNDS (EIGHTEEN MILLION & FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS), WHICH HAS REMAINED
DORMANT FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

THIS ACCOUNT WAS OWNED BY THE LATE MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER, AND FOLLOWING MY
INVESTIGATION, I FOUND OUT THAT HE AND HIS FAMILIS DIED ON JULY 2000 VIA A
PLANE CRASH, AND HE LEFT NO CHILDREN OR NEXT OF KIN. I WILL INFORM YOU MORE
ON HOW WE CAN GET THE MONEY IN HIS ACCOUNT TRANSFERRED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT IN
TRUST AND IN GOOD FAITH IF YOU AGREE TO CO-OPERATE WITH ME ON THIS ON YOUR
REPLY TO THIS MAIL. I WILL ALSO GIVE YOU MORE PERSONAL DETAILS OF MYSELF
SUCH AS PASSPORT ETC. AND MORE INFORMATION ON THE TRANSACTION IMMEDIATELY
AFTER YOUR REPLY.

PLEASE TREAT THIS AS CONFIDENTIAL, URGENT AND OF UTMOST IMPORTANT.

REGARDS




MR. PETER WALLACE.


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