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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: "Mr. Bravo Pitchers" <bravo_pitcher17@msn.com>
Reply-To: <bravo6001@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 08:44:20 +0000
Subject: URGENT RESPOND



From the desk of Mr. Bravo Pitchers
Head,Accounting Department,
Barclays bank Plc,
London UK.

Good day,

I am a senior accountant in Barclays Bank London uk, and also the personal Account Officer to late Ronald Lake and Joyce Lake who used to work with Frank Howard Allen Realtors. On the 31st of January 2000, my client and his wife were involved in a Plane Crash (Alaska Airlines Flight 261)
all passengers unfortunately lost their lives,since then I have made
several enquiries to locate any of my client?s extended relatives but
this proved unsuccessful.

After all these several unsuccessful
attempts, since it's not compulsory that the next-of-kin must be a
blood relation to the deceased, Presently, be informed that a
next-of-kin can be anybody, friends or organization. since the deceased
(my client) had a
Deposit valued at US$21, 437, 000.00 Million with
my bank, my bank has issued me a notice as the account officer, to
provide the next-of-kin to my client to receive its benefit or have the
account confiscated,
so I have contacted you to assist me in
repatriating this benefit left behind by my client before they get
confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Bank.

To this
effect, I now seek your consent to present you to my Bank as the next
of kin of the deceased (my Client) so that the proceeds of this Deposit
valued at US$21, 437, 000.00 Million can be paid to you and then you
and I can share the money; 50% to me and 40% to you, while 10% should
be given to any Orphanage Home.

I guarantee that this will be
executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any
breach of the law.Please get in touch with me only by this email { bravo6001@gmail.com} OR
{bravo6002@gmail.com}. Your prompt response is highly imperative.

Yours sincerely,

Mr. Bravo Pitchers







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