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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: Mr Rodney Chesson <rodenych@netscape.net>
Reply-To: rodneychesson1@netscape.net
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 19:56:08 +0100
Subject: urgent


Attention: Sir / Madam

RE: Organization of Petroleum Export Country (OPEC)
Email: rodneychesson1@netscape.net

I am Mr. Rodney Chesson, I work with a finance company here in the United Kingdom, Bills and Exchange at the Foreign Remittance & finance department,

Standard Chartered Bank, London.(www.standardcharteredbank.com) One of our clients, DR. ROBERT DIMITRIS, who was before his death, an adviser to the Organization of Petroleum Export Country (OPEC), had several deposits lodged in our care as his fund managers. On his death five years ago, his heir (his wife) put up claims and my company paid off on the claims she submitted papers. Substantial volumes that can last ten lifetimes.However,his wife did not present papers for two prime deposits with total values: Eight million and five hundred thousand United States dollars (USD 8.5 million) paid in by DR. ROBERT DIMITRIS in different names and the deposits thousand United State Dollar are still intact.

I discovered that DR. ROBERT DIMITRIS did not declare any next of kin or relations in all official documents for those two prime deposits. They are term deposits and term has expired and no one will come again for the funds. Based on my position in this finance company, I have kept the facts of this case closely to myself alone. The reason I am contacting you is because I am quite certain you can stand in and claim these funds with my assistance. I have planned the operation well in line with our company's procedures and practice.

If you show interest by replying to this proposal, I will send to you further information on the planning and execution. Precisely however, what this requires is that you put in
an application with a letter of probate, showing copy of the deposit document which I will forward to you. This will enable our finance company at any of our branch offices to recognize you as the next of kin to late DR. ROBERT DIMITRIS eligible to claim the funds. I will share sixty - thirty with you.

It is quite necessary that this is kept as confidential as possible for its successful completion within days.

I will be expecting your reply.

Best Regards,

Mr Rodney Chesson.





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