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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: "PHILIP V .KUMAN" <pvkuman@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 05:31:05 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: ASSISTANCE



















Dear Friend,=20
Greetings,
=A0
I am Mr.Raul reyes=A0senior manager accounts/audit department, in=A0BANCAJA=
BANK SPAIN=A0.=20
I got your contact e-mail address through your countrys random email search=
engine.
=A0I am writing to seek your co-operation over this transaction. In my depa=
rtment, I discovered an abandoned sum of $2.8 million USD only , in an acco=
unt that belongs to one of our foreign customers who died along with his en=
tire family in a plane crash that took place in Kenya, East Africa, the Lat=
e DR. GEORGE BRUMLEY, a citizen of Atlanta, United States of America but wa=
s living here in Spain, Southern Europe.=A0=20
=A0
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next o=
f kin to come over and claim his money because it cannot be released unless=
somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indi=
cated in our banking guidelines but unfortunately, all his supposed next of=
kin=A0 died alongside with him=A0in the plane crash leaving nobody behind =
to claim the money.=20
Therefore upon this discovery=A0 I now decided to make this business propos=
al to you and release the neccessary informations needed so that the money =
will be released to you via your foreign bank account as the next of kin or=
relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobo=
dy is coming for it and this money could go into the Bank treasury as uncla=
imed Bill.=20
The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remaines u=
nclaimed after=A0twelve years, the money will be transferred into the banks=
treasury as unclaimed fund. The request for your assistance and maximum co=
-operation as a foreign citizen to stand as the next of kin in this busines=
s is occasioned by the fact that the deceased customer was a foreigner.=20
=A0
After this, 40 % of this money will be for you as my foreign partner, in re=
spect to the provision of a foreign account and 60 % would be for me. There=
after I will come over to your country for disbursement according to the p=
ercentages indicated.=20
Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as arranged,=
you will=A0 apply first to the bank as the relation or next of kin to the =
deceased, indicating your claims and where the money will be remitted into.=
=20
=A0
Upon receipt of your response indicating your willingness to work with me, =
I will send to you by=A0 email the contact information of my bank manager w=
hich you will use to submit the application and I will direct you on how to=
do that. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is =
strictly confidential and I will use my position in this=A0bank to effect a=
hitch free transfer of the fund and that is to say I guarantee that this t=
ransaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protec=
t you and I from any breach of the law.=20
=A0
Please get in touch with me through my email and send to me your full names=
, telephone and fax numbers to enable us discuss further about this transac=
tion.You can visit the website below for more information about the Plane C=
rash and the tragic death of the deceased and his entire family, Late DR GE=
ORGE BRUMLEY.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html=20
=A0
Awaiting your reply=A0,
=A0
Thanks and my regards.=20
=A0
Mr. Raul Gonzales
BANCAJA BANK SPAIN.
=A0



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