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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: Robert Moore <rmoore45@msn.com>
Reply-To: <robertmoore_foot@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 12:57:39 +0000
Subject: Estate Payment.





The General Auditor:

Pimlico Finance,

78 Lupus Street,

London , SW1V 3EL





My Name is Robert Moore. I am the General Auditor of Pimlico Finance. During
one of our major audits, I personally discovered some funds floating in an
account in the above name finance house; which was opened in 2001 belonging to
a deceased person by name 'Mr. Kenneth Moore .The Customer until his demise,
was a personal contractor with the Shell Petroleum Development Company in the
middle east. He died after a severe crash.



Since then, I have made several enquiries with his country embassies to locate
any of his extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. I decided to
track his last name over the Internet, to locate any member of his family
without success, hence I got in contact with you. I am contacting you to quietly
assist me in repatriating this huge amount of money left behind by the deceased
in my Bank before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the
BANK/INSTITUTION. The deceased had a deposit presently valued at
USD15.2million. After going through the company records and files, I discovered
that,



(1) No one has operated this account since 2001;

(2)The owner of the account died without a heir, hence the money has been
floating.

(3) No other person knows about this account and there was no known

beneficiary. AND IF I DO NOT REMIT THIS MONEY URGENTLY, IT WOULD BE FORFEITED
FOR NOTHING.



This money can only be approved to a foreign beneficiary with a valid

international passport or driver's license and an account, hence I am contacting
you. I will require your urgent reply so that I give you the next step.



I am willing to give you 30% of the entire funds, then 5% should be set aside
to settle all expenses you and I may incur during the process of

transferring the funds.



All I require is your honest Co-operation, Confidentiality and Trust to enable
us sees this transaction through. I guarantee you that this will be executed
under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the
law.



All I ask from you is the following:

1. Your full names

2. Your telephone/mobile and fax numbers

3. Your Residential Address.

4. Age.

5. Occupation.



Your urgent response will be highly anticipated and appreciated.

Best regard

Robert Moore


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