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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: "curt gasteyger" <curtg1@latinmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 00:07:43 +0300
Subject: HOLOCAUST FUNDS


Attn..Holocaust
My name is curt gasteyger the executive member of Independent Committee of
Eminent Persons (ICEP), Switzerland.
Reference the website below for confirmation
http://www.icep-iaep.org/icep_members.htm
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 Mr. ECKSTEIN with a credit
balance of 11,000,000 US dollar plus accumulated interest was discovered by me.
The beneficiary was murdered during the holocaust era,leaving no WILL and no
possible records for trace of heirs. The CRT has been mandated to report all
unclaimed account for permanent closure and transfer of existing credit balance
into the treasury of Switzerland government as provided by the law for
management of assets of deceased beneficiaries who died interstate (living no
wills).

Many people who have full records of their relatives bank details have
successfully claimed their inheritance and paid in full. List of claimants who
have been paid are listed on the website for verification.View below:
http://www.crt-ii.org/_awards/index.phtm
Being a top executive at ICEP, I have all secret details and necessary
contacts for claim of the money without any PROBLEM. The money will be banked in
the Carribean Islands, being a tax free, safe haven for money.Due to the
sensitive nature of my job, I need a foreigner to HELP me on this claim as the
beneficiary.
Provide me with your partriculars. My share will be 60 percent and your
share is 40 per cent of the total amount. THERE IS NO RISK INVOLVED.You can find
additional information about this through the internet at the following
websites:
www.swissbankclaims.com
The Holocaust Claims Processing Office has allocated the money for payment to
the beneficiary
awaiting submission of valid claims for necessary disbursement.
Reply via this e mail account for security reasons
curtg1@latinmail.com
Thanks once more for co-operating,
curt gasteyger


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