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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: "lilly_smith00002 Gazeta.pl" <lilly_smith00002@gazeta.pl>
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:32:59 +0100
Subject: GET BACK TO ME


Bills and Exchange
H F C Bank
London.
Tel:+447031910980

Dear Sir /Madam,
First I must solicit your confidence in this transaction, this is by virtue
of it's nature as being utterly confidential and top secret. Though I know
that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and
worried, but I am assuring that this
is real and genuine.

I am the director, bills and exchange at the foreign remittance department
of the Bank in London. I came to know you in my private search for a
reliable and reputable person to handle this Confidential Transaction,which
involves the transfer of a huge sum of money to a foreign account requiring
maximum confidence.
MY PROPOSITION; We discovered an abandoned sum of £14,320,000.00
(fourteen million three hundred and twenty thousand British Pounds) in an
account that belongs to one of our customers( Alin Mohamed ) who died along
with
his wife and entire family on 25th July, 2000,

Air France Concorde flight 4590 plane crash. Since his death, none of his
next-of-kin or relations has come forward t lay claims for this money as the
heir. We cannot release the fund from his account unless
someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in
our banking guidelines, unfortunately,no family member nor relative has ever
appeared to claim the said fund.


Upon this discovery, we now seek your permission to have you stand as next
of kin to the deceased so that the funds (Fourteen million three hundred and
twenty
thousand British Pans) can be released and paid into your account as the
beneficiary's next of kin otherwise the fund will be returned to treasury as
unclaimed funds. All documents to enable you receive this funds will be
carefully worked out. Please acknowledge receipt of this message in
acceptance of our mutual business endeavour by furnishing me with the
following;

1. Your name and address

2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers

These requirements will enable us file letters of claim to the appropriate
departments for necessary approvals in your favour before the transfer can
bemade. We have agreed that our ratio of sharing will be as stated thus;

On final conclusion of this project, 65% of this shall be for us, while 25%
shall be for you and the remaining 10% shall be used to compensate either
party for any expenses incurred. Your share 25% stays while,while our 65%
share shall be used for investment
purposes in your country.

For your confirmations,you can visit this website for more info
Http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of the
trust we have bestowed in you, I await your urgent mail to my private E-mail
below;lilly_smith0001@hotmail.com <below%3Blilly_smith0001@hotmail.com>
Best Regards,
Dr John Max

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