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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: DEAN JONES <dean_jones05@msn.com>
Reply-To: <dean_jones08@live.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:08:07 +0000
Subject: BUSINESS DEAL







Dear Sir,

I am Mr. Dean Jones, a
Chartered Management Accountant and an Internal

Auditor for National Westminster
(NATWEST) Bank PLC London United

Kingdom . I am currently working
with a team of external auditors that

is retained by NATWEST PLC to audit
its activities in the entire British

Isles .

In the course of routine audit
of the NATWEST account books last year, I

discovered some investment accounts
that had been dormant for over seven

(7) years. Most of the accounts
belonged to a single beneficiary. The

balance of these accounts stands at
about USD20.3 million (Twenty

Million, Three Hundred
Thousand US ($) Dollars). Further investigations

of the said accounts revealed that
the investor, a foreign customer(MR

ANDREAS SCHRANNER from Munich ,
Germany ), had died along with his

Entire family in July 2000 in a
plane crash at about the time the

accounts were last operated. The
said investor died intestate and as

such, no next-of-kin has been able
to come forward all these years to

lay claim to the investment.

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

In line with existing
regulations of the Financial Services Authority

(FSA) of the United Kingdom , I am
required to inform the Management of

the NATWEST PLC about the existence
of dormant accounts of this nature.

Statutorily, accounts of this nature
are regarded as dormant if they are

not operated for a period of four(4)
years. The investment account of

the German in this instance has been
inactive for about Seven(7) to

Eight(8) years, thus making a
dormant account.

Against this background, I
wish to formally inform you of the dormant

account and ask that we use my
insider leverage, as well as your

resources to secure the funds in
this NATWEST account for ourselves

instead of allowing it transmit as
“unclaimed funds” into the Treasury

of the Government of the United
Kingdom.

Our bilateral cooperation in
this regard would entail your contacting

NATWEST BANK PLC and applying as the
sole surviving relative of the

deceased. I am in possession of all
relevant documents (legal and

Institutional) that will facilitate
our achieving this goal. Once we get

the deposit in the NATWEST
transferred to your name as the Next-of-Kin,

I will use my banking expertise to
supervise the transfer of the funds

in NATWEST to a nominated account of
your choice as the sole beneficiary

to the estate.

You shall be adequately
compensated for your part in this transaction as

I have agreed to give you a 40%
share of the total funds for your

collaborative efforts, I can assure
you that I am completely incharge of

the transaction and as such there is
no risk whatsoever if you decide to

work with me. It is very
important that I remind you however that

UTMOST CONFIDENTIALITY is of a huge
importance if we are to successfully

see this transaction through.

I urge your prompt response
and counting on your anticipated

co-operation. With warmest personal
regards and best wishes. Please do

call or respond via my personal
E-mail :dean_jones08@live.com, Tel:-

0044 770 4611 465./ Fax: 0044 208
7113 970.



Yours truly,

Mr. Dean Jones






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