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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: "JAMES PETERS" <jampetts@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 22:35:42 +0000
Subject: VERY URGENT

MR. JAMES PETERS.
Head Investigation,
HSBC Bank Plc.
London, SW17 0SP England.
Private E-mail: jampetts@yahoo.com

Dear Friend,

I am seeking for your co-operation to present you to my bank as the next of
kin/will beneficiary to Mrs. Sigrid Fassnacht, a foreign contractor from
Cologne, Germany who died on a plane crash on July 25th 2000 with her
husband Rudi Fassnacht. Her husband and their two children also perished in
the air France Concorde New York bound flight; please click here for
verification.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

Before her death she was a contractor to British National Petroleum
Co-operation (BNPC) and has a bank balance with my bank to the tune of (20
million pounds sterling GB) which will be paid to you as her next of
kin/will beneficiary. For your information, I am the Head of Investigation
Department with HSBC Bank Plc London.
The board of directors of HSBC Bank Plc which I am also a member, mandated
me to look for any known relation of Mrs.Sigrid Fassnacht, since after her
death.

However, all my efforts to trace members of her family has been fruitless ,
this is the main reason I am writing you to ask for your co-operation for us
to claim this money because it will amount to injustice if I do not take
this decisive step to secure this deposit and invest it, this is due to the
fact that if nobody comes forward to claim the fund it will be forfeited to
the government, this is my reason for contacting you, so that you can assist
me in making this transaction a reality.

All I need to do is to give you the approval as the next of kin/will
beneficiary and the fund will be paid to you as the beneficiary. We are to
share this money between ourselves and also donate 10% to charity and the
tsunami victims if you are really interested in this offer you should
contact me through this email address: jampetts@yahoo.com

For detail of this transaction and procedures, please do forward me , YOUR
FULL NAME, YOUR PHONE NUMBER, YOUR PRIVATE PHONE NUMBER
,Note that I will commence immediately to secure all legal documents in your
favor on your acceptance to fully co-operate with me.
I await your urgent response to enable us jumpstart this project and nurture
it to reality.

Yours faithfully,

MR. JAMES PETERS
Head of Investigation
HSBC Bank Plc.

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