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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: "klaus jacobi" <klausjacobi662@marsool.com>
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2006 11:06:50 +0300
Subject: Independent Committee of Eminent Persons


FROM THE OFFICE OF An EXECUTIVE MEMBER, Independent Committee of Eminent Persons
(ICEP), Switzerland.

Dear,
My name is Klaus Jacobi , an executive member of Independent Committee of
Eminent Persons (ICEP), Switzerland. Reference the website below for
confirmation.
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/volckmem.html

ICEP is charged with the responsibility of finding bank accounts in Switzerland
belonging to non-Swiss indigenes, which have remained dormant since World War
II.
It may interest you to know that In January 13 2005, the Swiss Banker's
Association published a list of dormant accounts originally opened by non-Swiss
citizens. These accounts had been dormant since the end of World War II (May 9,
1945). Most belonged to Holocaust victims.
The Claims Resolution Tribunal (CRT) handles processing of all claims on
accounts due non-Swiss
citizens. A dormant account of NEUMANN ECKSTEIN with a credit balance of
11,000,000 US dollar plus accumulated interest was discovered by me. (living no
wills).
Many people who have full records of their relatives bank details have
successfully claimed their inheritance and paid in full.Visit the website below
to see the list of claimants who have been paid:
http://www.crt-ii.org/_awards/index.phtm

Due to expenses which i will incur, i will take 60 percent and you will receive
40 per cent .
You can watch the following websites:
www.swissbankclaims.com

For increased privacy, please reply to me via email,
klausjacobi1000@hotmail.com

Thanks once more for co-operating,
Klaus Jacobi.

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