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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: "Stacy York" <stacyyork112@msn.com>
Reply-To: stacy_york53@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2006 17:14:39 +0000
Subject: GET BACK TO ME ASSON AS POSSIBLE PLEASEQ (VERY URGENTLY)

FROM:MAPEL LAW & ASSOCIATES.
(BARRISTER,STACY MACK YORK)
SOLICITORS AND ADVOCATE
#16 LAW LANE IKOYI
(LAGOS NIGERIA.)

DEAR RICE ,

Before i start ,i must first apologise for this unsolicited mail i am aware
that this is certainly unconventional approach to starting a relation ship,
but as time goes on you will see and realize the need for my action.I have a
client whose name Mr andres schranner a German multi million buisness man
and his family but though with deep and regrets his now late due to the
unsuddenly plance crash that happened some time ago.

I am contacting youcause i fell that as he is from your contry there would
be easy ways of getting through just this once, in order to help me out in
making things in place once and for all .To explain to you furthermore my
client The German man late Andreas RICE,was 64,his wife Maria,62, their
daughter Andrea Eich, 38, her husband Christian,57, and their children
Katharina,eight, and Maximilian, 10, all perished in the jet there is no one
left in his family. According to the bank payment code of 1970 , amended in
1997 , section 24 , paragraph 6 stated that any payment of claim which is
not concluded for a period of six years (6yrs ) , the total amount will be
called back into the bank reserve account as unclaimed money and the
beneficiary will automatically loose the money .
This is the website once again.

As earlier told you i am stacy york clinet service for maple law assocites,
Frankly speaking ,We here in the company have been reciving letters that if
we dont get through time relatives that would put through as thenext of kin
to our clinets then we sure shouldnt have anything to do with the bank
again.Since then i have been following up with the file of the deceased
(Late Mr Andreas Schranner) for the past six years (6 years )and have seen
that it is 100% possible for me to use my seat / office at my place of work
(B.O.A) to claim this money through the cooperation of a foreign partner
since i cannot come out openly for the claim because i am a staff of the
same bank.

Actually , i have the possibility of filing your name as the next of kin to
the deceased as to enable the claim . This becomes 100% possible since the
deceased did not / failed to fill the space of his next of kin with any name
before and after his death , this and more gives room for me to fill the
space with your own name as the next of kin to Late Mr Andreas Schranner
since we both have the same interest / goal . ``````````````````````````````

Since time isnt on our side to produce for this claim to end , i don’t want
this huge amount to be called into the bank reserve account as unclaimed
money since i can divert the fund into your account with the cooperation of
both parties .

This is why i decided in contacting you immediately i came across your
e-mail address during the process of my navigation . l guarantee you 100%
risk free of this claim since the deceased died a long side with all his
immediate family leaving no one for the claim . this is our life time
opportunity .

In view of the above , it becomes very necessary that i corporate with a
foreign partner for the claim since i cannot come out openly for the claim
personally . and as the need be , i decided get through to you , asking God
for a helper ,that can corporate with me and help me out for this claim .

O thats where you came in during the process of navigation at internet , i
can across your e-mail address which just appeared on the computer , based
from the fact that i have been asking god of the same i decided in
contacting as to explain my problem / need to you as to see if you will be
willing to come in as my partner for the claim before i receive your letter
of acceptance .

Please don’t be afraid , as a staffs of the same bank i guarantee you that
all arrangement for the smooth claim of this money has been finalized
locally here before even contacting you .


1. After our discussion, i am going to send to you the text of application
on how to apply and all the necessary informations you need to know.The bank
on the receipt of your application of claim as the next of kin to the
deceased will forward you with the bank official questionnaire , this
official questionnaire contains all question relating to the deceased (Late
Mr Andreas Schranner) from the banks customer service and general personal
this questions will be drawn from his file which is with the bank .

Immediately we are able to get through all there questions and other isuuse
which my senior lawyer would be in charge.

Please , in a very serious note, i know it may sound like a joke to you but
it is real from me to you from my heart as a trial may convince you . it is
a life time opportunity that just called , i decided to trust you since the
need be and trust is the only root to any international business and i
believe you will not fail me .

Immediately and after we Might have receive this money , we are going to
bring out all related documents of claim so that there will be no trace of
claim. And also do not faill to call me with this number 00226 76 01 58 80
so that we can discorse for more explanation ok.I called on you as a woman
to woman issue to help our chambers to finalise all this in no time.

I have decided the sharing as following: -
1. 35% for you
2. 50% for me
3. 10% will be maped out for all expenses that the both parties will incur
in the course of transfering the fund
4. 5% will be shared to the helpless peoples around us in the world such as
motherless babies,charity homes,disable peoples and so on.
If you would seek in helping me out through this dont fail to contact
me in no time so that i will give you the neccessary details and email of my
senoir lawyer in order to get started .

Best Regard.
Stacy adelola yorks.
clients serivices and notery public,
Barrister & solicitor.
MAPLE LAW CHAMBERS.

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