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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: gorgewilliams198@mail.mn
Reply-To: gorge_williams8@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 09:30:25 -0700
Subject: I SEEK YOUR CONSENT PLEASE


*Mr. Gorge Williams
IBFS
Desford Road
Leicester LE19 4AT
DX B545 Rotherhithe


I SEEK YOUR
CONSENT PLEASE

Good day to you and your family!!! I am Mr. Gorge Williams of International
Bankers and Finance Securities (IBFS), England . I am writing on behalf of
our late client Mr. Andreas Schranner, a successful business man from
Germany that reside here in the England, who died along with his entire
family in an air mishap in July 2000. I oblige you to see the link for your
better understanding ( **http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
* <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm>* )

I am contacting you simply to assist me in claiming his deposited fund
valued at $6,300,000.00 USD (Six Million Three Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars) before it gets confiscated by the British Apex Bank. Our
banking regulation/legislation here in London demands that I notify the
fiscal authorities after a statutory time. The above set of facts
underscores my reason of writing and making the following, proposing to
present you as the next of kin to receive this money into your reliable bank
account.

Since there was no a relative or next of kin left in our record, I seek your
consent to present your name and information as the only surviving relative
to Late Mr. Andreas Schranner, so that this funds can be released and moved
into your account by my Bank. I have all the legal and banking details of my
deceased client that will facilitate our putting you forward as the
claimant/beneficiary of the funds and ultimately transfer the money to any
bank account provided by you. We have agreed that 30 % of this money will be
for you as our foreign partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign
bank account for the transfer, and 70% would be for me and my colleague who
is also involved in this operation. Thereafter I and my colleague will visit
your country for disbursement and further investment projects, hence the
reason for requesting your sincere co-operation in working together as
partners to allow us receive the funds in your bank account with total
trust.

All the whole arrangement to put claim over this fund as the Bona fide next
of kin to the deceased, has been put in place, and all I require from you is
your honest cooperation to enable us see this claim released for our further
investment plans in your country. I guarantee that this will be executed
under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of law,
and all the legal papers will be processed upon your acceptance of this
claim.

Upon receipt to your willingness and candid co-operation to assist with the
claim of the said funds, I will furnish you with clear guidelines on how to
proceed. Please urgently reply through my confidential email (**
gorge_williams8@yahoo.com* <gorge_williams8@yahoo.com>*) if you can handle
this with me or call my direct telephone ( 0044 7514 953311 ) for more
details on this important matter.

Yours faithfully,

Gorge Williams
Tel: 0044 7514 953311
E-mail: **gorge_williams8@yahoo.com* <gorge_williams8@yahoo.com>

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