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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: xtopherjuly@seznam.cz
Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2007 20:54:51 +0100 (CET)
Subject: =?us-ascii?Q?COMPLEMENT=20OF=20THE=20SEASON?=

DEAR SIR,

WITH ALL REGARD AND RESPECT, I WISH TO SOLICIT FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND ASSISTANCE IN RESPECT OF THIS PROPOSAL.
I AM WRITING TO YOU ON THE CAPACITY AS THE NEW MANAGER FOREIGN OPERATIONS OF THE OF KOOK MIN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 6TH FLOOR ,PRINCES COURT,LONDON EC2R 8AQ UK.

THERE HAS BEEN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY WHICH HAS BEEN UNCLAIMED FOR SOME YEARS NOW AND ON MY FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS,THE MONEY BELONGS TO ONE OF OUR FOREIGN CUSTOMERS BY NAME MORRIS THOMPSON AN

AMERICAN WHO UNFORTUNATELY LOST HIS LIFE IN PLANE CRASH OF ALASKA AIRLINES FLIGHT 261 WHICH CRASHED ON JANUARY 31ST 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

ALTHOUGH PERSONALLY I ,I KEEP THIS INFORMATION SECRET WITHIN MYSELF TO ENABLE THE WHOLE PLANS AND IDEAS BE PROFITABLE AND SUCCESSFUL DURING THE TIME OF EXECUTION.

I WOULD LIKE YOU TO BE FRONTED AS THE BONA FIDE NEXT OF KIN TO ENABLE THE BANK PAY THE DECEASED FUND TO YOU AFTER WHICH WE WILL SHARE ACCORDINGLY.THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS 20 MILLION BRITISH POUNDS STERLING. [TWENTY MILLION BRITISH POUNDS ONLY].

WHAT I REQUIRE NOW IS YOUR CONSENT AND ALSO FOR YOU TO FOLLOW MY INSTRUCTIONS ACCORDINGLY OTHERWISE THE SUCCESS OF THIS DEAL WILL BE JEOPARDIZED.ALSO SEND TO ME YOUR BANK DETAILS, SAME OF YOUR COUNTRY AND YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS. AFTER THIS IS DONE I WILL FURNISH YOU WITH THE DECEASED DETAIL INFORMATIONS TO ENABLE YOU MAKE A FORMAL APPLICATION TO THE BANK.


THANK YOU.

CHRISTOPHER MARTINS

PLEASE REPLY VIA THIS EMAIL;xtopherjuly257@yahoo.co.uk

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