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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: Jones Glass <j_glass100@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: jonesglass4@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:07:42 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Dear beloved,


Dear beloved,

Do accept my sincere apologies if my e-mail does not meet your personalethical standards. I am mr,Jones Glass, a member of staff in theaccounts management section of a well-known bank in the United Kingdom .

One of our accounts with a holding balance of £15,000,000 has beendormant for the past five years. From my investigations I have confirmed that the owner of this account is a foreigner by the name of Gerald Stone, who died on the 4th of January 2002 in Birmingham in the UK .

Since then nobody has done anything as regards the claiming of this money as he has no family member who is aware of the existence of either the account or the funds. Information from the National Immigration Agency also states that he was single on entry into the UK .

I have discussed this issue confidentially with some of the bank officials and we have agreed to find a reliable foreign partner to deal with.We thus propose to do business with you, standing in as the next of kin of the deceased, and have the funds released to you after due processes have been followed.

This transaction is totally free of risk and troubles as the fund is legitimate and does not originate from drug trafficking, money laundry,terrorism or any other illegal act.

If you are interested, do let me know so I can provide further details.


Regards
Mr. Jones glass.-Reply to(jonesglass4@yahoo.com)



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