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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: "Lucas Pandas" <lucaspandas7@gmail.com>
Reply-To: lucaspandas@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 19:32:57 +0200
Subject: Inquiry


Dear friend,



I am Mr. Lucas Pandas a banker in one of the leading bank's in South Africa.
I have a profitable transaction for you. I was attending a business luncheon
in September 1999 in china and I was introduced to Mr. Andreas Schranner, a
renowned German Real Estate /Property magnate. He later employed my services
as a banker and investment Consultant, Three months later he invited me and
told me of his desire to open a fixed deposit account, he could fall back to
on retirement, under my professional guidance and based on my advice he made
a fixed deposit of US$25,500,000 (Twenty Five Million Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars) in one of our branches.



This deposit was for 5 years and upon maturity I made effort to contact my
client, l could not reach him. I was forced to travel to Germany and there I
got the tragic news that, my client Mr. Andreas Schranner, his wife Maria,
their daughter Andrea Eich, his son in law Christian, and their children
Maximilian and Katharina, all perished in the Monday, 31 July, 2000 plane
crash in western German city of Moenchengladbach. Please Click here and find
out what happened to the Mr. Andreas Schranner:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm



After further investigation, l also discovered that Mr. Andreas Schranner
did not declare any next of kin in his official papers including the paper
work of his bank deposit. And l remember he also confided in me the last time
he was at my office that no one except me knew of his deposit in my bank.
So, Twenty Five Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars is still
lying in my bank and no one will ever come forward to claim it. What bothers
me most is that according to the laws of my country at the
expiration of a numbers of years the funds will revert to the ownership of
the South African Government as unclaimed funds if nobody applies to claim
the funds.



Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I will like you as a
foreigner to stand as the next of kin to Mr. Andreas Schranner so that you
will be able to receive his funds. Should you be interested please send me
your full names and Direct Telephone and Fax Numbers, then I shall provide
you with more details of this Transaction. Please also note that I am
willing to give you 30 % (US$7,650,000) of the total money for your
assistance. That is, your share Seven Million Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand
United States Dollars. I will disclose the bank where I work as a banker and
my direct telephone numbers as soon as I have gained your trust in this
business of mutual benefit.



Your earliest response to this proposal will be appreciated and please reply
to the following email
address:lucaspandas@live.com<address%3Alucaspandas@live.com>



Best Regards,

Mr. Lucas Pandas

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