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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: "jurgen gerstner" <dr_juren1@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 14:43:01 -1000
Subject: FROM DR JURGEN GERSTNER

Office Of The Director
Private Wealth Management
Deutsche Bank AG
London
Winchester House 1 Great
Winchester Street London
EC2N 2DN


Please view http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3800513.stm


Attn Friend.


The inspiration to contact you is simply divine providence, I am making this
proposition because I have to seek the partnership of a resource person to
help me realize this project. I am DR JURGEN GERSTNER Head of Private Wealth
Management Deutsche Bank AG London Winchester House 1 Great Winchester
Street London EC2N 2DB LONDON UNITED KINGDOM. I have urgent and very
confidential business proposition for you. In january 2002 I was attending a
business investment conference In Switzerland and I got introduced to a
reknowned business man Mr Bassam Qubba a top Iraqi Foreign Ministry Director
He engaged my services as an investment banker Deutsche Bank AG London and
my primary assignment was to spearhead his investment forays in the United
Kingdom due to the war in his country.


Three months later I invited him to London and under my professional
guidance and based on my advice he made a numbered time (fixed) deposit for
24 calendar months valued at GBP £20,320,000.00(Twenty million three hundred
and twenty thousand Great British Pounds Sterling in my branch due to the
problem in his country. Upon maturity in 2004, I sent a routine notification
to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, I sent a reminder
and finally we discovered from the embassy here in london that Mr Bassam
Qubbaa on the 12th June 2004 aged 60, was assassinated on his way to work in
Baghdad's Al-Adhamiya district. On further investigation, I found out that
he died without making a WILL, and all attempts to trace his next of kin was
fruitless. I therefore made further investigation into the account and
discovered that Mr Bassam Qubbaa did not declare any kin or relations in all
his official documents,


including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This sum GBP
£20,320,000.00(Twenty million three hundred and twenty thousand Great
British Pounds Sterling has been floating as unclaimed since 2002 in my bank
as all efforts to get his relatives have hit the stones . Meanwhile he was
doing this cladenstingly by virture of his position as a public servant.
According to the British law at the expiration of 4 (four) years, the money
will revert to the ownership of the British Government if nobody applies to
claim the fund and the four years will elapse by the end of 2006.
Consequently,my proposal is that i want to seek your consent as a foreigner
to present you to stand in as the next of kin to late Bassam Qubba so that
the bank will transfer the money to your designated account. All documents
and proves to enable you get this fund will be carefully worked out.


I have secured from the probate an order of mandamus to locate any of the
deceased beneficiaries, and more so I am assuring you that the business is
risk free involvement. Your share stays while the rest be for me and for
investment purpose as I will leave London by the end of the year. The
sharing of the funds will be based according to agreement within you and I.
As soon as i receive an acknowledgement of receipt of this message in
acceptance of our mutual business proposal, I will furnish you with the
necessary steps to follow and disbursement ratio to suit both parties
without any conflict. If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take
undue advantage of the trust i have bestowed in you. I think its also
necessary you know more about Mr Bassam Qubba,

so kindly visit http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3800513.stm PLEASE,

APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT DOING BUSINESS OVER THE INTERNET IS RISK.
ENDEAVOURTO SEND YOUR CONFIDENTIAL TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER IN YOUR REPLY TO
THIS BUSINESS TRANSACTION. Thanks in anticipation for your sincere
cooperation.

DR JURGEN GERTSNER.

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