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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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Fraud email example:

From: Fredrick Tales <talesfredrick23@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: fredricktalesandassociates@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:45:44 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Private Mail.


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: talesfredrick23@yahoo.com



- From:Fredrick Tales esq.,Principal Partner,Fredrick Tales & Associates,Tel:44 703 196 0574,London-United Kingdom,Dear Friend,The inspiration to contact you is simply divine providence,I am making this proposition because I have to seek the partnership of a resource person to help me realise this project..I am Fredrick Tales esq, a solicitor and investment consultant based in London,I was attending a business luncheon in Berlin,Germany and I got introduced to the renowned businessman and property mogul, Mr Andreas Schranner (of the blessed memory).He engaged my services as attorney and investment consultant and my primary assignment was to spearhead his investment forays in the London.Three months later, I invited him to London and under my professional guidance and based on my advice he made a fixed deposit of THIRTY FIVE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS (US$35,500,000.00) with security company affiliated with Citibank London.This deposit was for 12 mon!
ths and upon maturity I made effort to contact my client, I could not reach him or any member of his family. I was forced to travel to germany and there I got the tragic news that on July 25TH,2000, my client Mr. Andreas Schranner, his wife maria, their daughter eich and husband christian and their two children perished in the Air France concorde New York bound flight;please click here:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm>I have made effort to locate any member of his family with strong biological links to my late client without success. The search to find a close relation is one that has consumed time and resources.The institution is asking me to either present a next of kin to late Andreas Schranner or forfiet the depsosit. My proposal to you now is to present you as next of kin to late Andreas Schranner and process the deposit and collect the deposits for our mutual benefit.My capacity as solicitor/investment consultant to my late client gives me the discre!
tion to present the next of kin.I will give you 25% for your effort, 7
0% for me while 5% will be for any expenses that might be incured in the course of the business transaction . It will amount to injustice if I do not take this decisive step to secure this deposit, and invest it . The late Schranner was also a friend in addition to our business relationship.I will wait for your reaction and response and then together we can jump start this project and nurture it to reality.Please reply to: Your swift response is anticipated.Yours faithfully,Barrister Fredrick Tales


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