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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: "drjurgen gerstner" <drjurgen_gerstner2_4@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: drjurgen_gerstner12@myway.com
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 19:42:02 -0500
Subject: FROM DR JURGEN GERTSNER

Office Of The Director
Private Wealth Management
Deutsche Bank AG London
Winchester House 1 Great
Winchester Street London
EC2N 2DN
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Please view http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3800513.stm
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NOTE;YOUR RESPONSE SHOULD BE MADE ON THIS EMAIL ADDRESS,
( drjurgen_gerstner12@myway.com )
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ATTEN:
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
WealthManagement 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 routinenotification
to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, I sent a reminder
and finally we discovered from the embassyhere in london that Mr Bassam
Qubba 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,themoney will 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 ofreceipt 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 OVERTHE 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 KURT GERTSNER.

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