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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: John Judge <johnjudge_1@cfaith.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:53:06 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: GOOD DAY



Good Day,

I am Mr.John Judge,a staff of ADAM &amp; COMPANY I am
contacting you independently of my investigation and no one is
informed of this communication. I would like to
intimate you with certain facts that I believe would
be of interest to you.I Would respectfully request
that you keep the contents of this mail confidential
and respect the integrity of the information you come
by as a result of this mail.please

view: http://www.adambank.com/ac_enqu.htm

THE NATURE OF THE PROPOSITION / TRANSACTION:

A foreigner by name Mr. Morris Thompson an American who
unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska
Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31 2000,
including his wife and only daughter. You shall read more
about the crash on visiting this site.

http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/

Does his banking transaction with us at ADAM AND
COMPANY, and had a closing balance as at the end of
December 2000, which is worth $6,000,000 (Six
million united states dollars). I was his personal
account officer and since he deposited this money with
us, a single paying or withdrawal was never made by him.
We where instructed by my late client that the money
be kept and secured in a security and finance firm because
it was less expensive to keep and secure the funds in the
security firm. This was done for him according to his
instructions, i personally deposited the money into
the security firm and nobody is aware of it.

Surprisingly, for 5 years since this money was
kept in the security and finance firm nothing has
being heard from him, not until I was informed about
his death with evidence when I decided to call to the
number he once gave to me, of which several attempts
has been made earlier but all was in vain.
Unfortunately I learnt that his supposed next of kin
being his only Daughter died along with him in the
plane crash leaving nobody with the Knowledge of this
fund behind for the claim. The security company expected
his Next of Kin to come forward as a sole beneficiary to
his assets with the bank. As his personal account officer
valuable efforts has being made by me for more than
5 years to get intouch with any of my late client relatives
without any success.

It is because of the perceived impossibility of being
able to locate any of my late client Next of Kin or
Relative that is known to me.
Based on this, I secretly seek advice from a fellow
colleague who has being in banking for about 14 years
now about this issue of my late client , he made me
understand that things like this do happen and at the
end of the day the chairman and board of directors of
the security company will declare the funds as
??Unclaimed?? and subsequently divert it for thier
personal use. In order to avert this negative
development,I now seek your permission to have you
stand as the Next of Kin to my late client, so that
the funds will be released and paid into your account
as the beneficiary?s Next of Kin.

I personally deposited the money into the security firm
as instructed by my late client.

I do not want you contacting me through my official
phone lines nor do I want you contacting me through my
official email account. Contact me only through the
numbers I will provide for you and also through this
email address. I do not want any direct link between
you and myself. My official lines are not secured
lines as they are periodically monitored to access our
level of customer care in line with our Total Quality
Management Policy.Please observe this instruction
religiously.

As soon as I receive an acknowledgement of your
acceptance, I will furnish you with the necessary
modalities of the transaction. I assure you that this
transcaction is 100% risk free, When this business is
completed and the funds is already in your account,the
money will be shared on a 50-50 basis.


Kindly send your response to my private email:
jjudge1@indiatimes.com

I await your response.

Regards
john Judge


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