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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 Hall" <hall@idowon.co.kr>
Reply-To: peterhall43@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 19:59:03 +0900
Subject: How are you doing?



ASB BANK London
Senator House
85 Queen Victoria Street
London EC4V 4HA
England

I am Peter Hall, head of group risk, ASB Bank London,
England.
On Monday, 31 July, 2000, one Andreas Schranner, a
German National, a
property magnate, made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit,
valued at
£6,550,000.00 (6 Million,Five Hundred and Fifty
Thousand Pounds) for
twelve calender months in my Bank Branch.
Upon Maturity, we sent a routine notification to his
forwarding address
but
got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and
finally we
discovered
from his company that Mr. Andreas Schranner was aboard
the AF4590
plane,
which crashed Monday, 31 July, 2000 into the
Hotelissimo. (
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm).
After further
investigation, it wasdiscovered that he died without
making a WILL and
all
attempts to trace his next of kin proved fruitless.
On further investigation, it was discovered that Late
Mr. Andreas
Schranner
did not declare any next of kin or relatives in all his
official
documents,
including his Bank Deposit paper work here in our Bank.
The total sum,
£6,550,000.00 is still in my bank and the interest is
being rolled
over
with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one
will ever come
forward to claim it.
In accordance with the British banking laws and
constitution, at the
expiration 7 (seven) years, the money will revert to
the British
Government treasury if nobody applies as the next of
Kin to claim the
funds. Consequently, I shall present you as a foreign
partner to stand
in
as the next of kin to the late Mr. Andreas Schranner.
Uponacceptance of this proposal, I shall send to you
the ASB Bank
"Next of
Kin Payment Application Form" as well as detailed
information on how
this
deal would be carried out.
We shall employ the services of a solicitor for the
drafting of the
LAST
WILL & TESTAMENT of Late Mr. Andreas Schranner and to
obtain all other
relevant papers in your name for the necessary
documentation for
payment
approval in my bank headquarters in your favour.
The money will be shared in the ratio:
Sixty percent for me, thirty five percent for you and
five percent for
any
arising contigencies during the course of this
transaction.I guarantee
that
this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that
will protect
you
from any breach of the law as I will use my position as
the Bank's head
of
group risk to secure approvals andguarantee the
successful execution
of
this transaction.
Please be informed that your utmost confidentiality is
required.
If this interests you, call me or send me a reply
via my private email glovtom@katamail.com  and
include your private telephone/fax number.
Awaiting your urgent reply.
Thanks.
Best regards,
Peter Hall

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