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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 Karl Brader." <info@rba.com>
Reply-To: contact.kar101@ymail.com
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:00:29 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Dear Friend

Your Attention;
Greetings to you and your family. I am with Investment Banking, RBA
Zentralbank, bern,switzerland. I am contacting you independently as no one
is informed of this communication.On July 6, 2004, a client of ours, a
consultant/contractor with the Chinese Solid Minerals Corporation though
now deceased, had a financial portfolio with accrued profit and interest
standing at 21Million United States Dollars, which he requested be
liquidated from his accounts and have it deposited with our
affiliatebinvestment and security firm,RBA FINANZ for numbered fixed
deposit for 6 (six) calendar months for a good nvestment interest
rate(call deposit) as advised by me at that time. I undertook all the
processes and ensured I followed his precise Instructions to the letter
and had the funds deposited at RBA FINANZ.Upon maturity several notice was
sent to him and no response came from him.
Another notification was sent last year and still no response came from
him.The Bank officially sent a two-man delegate to his contract
employers, Chinese Solid Minerals Corporation and to his forwarding
address in Malaysia where he resides only to find out threturn receipt
at the business mogul and his family perished in the Tsunami
disaster.After further investigations, it was also discovered that the
decease did not declare any next of kin in his official
papers,including the paper work of his bank deposit. So, Twenty One
Million United State Dollars isstill lying in my bank and no one will
ever come forward to claim it.According to the laws of my country,
since the contract period has long expired, after rolling over, the
funds will revert to the ownership of the Government if nobody applies
to claim the funds.Please note that,I alone have the deposit details
and I am prepared to share the deposit with you in halves plus interest
accrued till date.That is: I will simply nominate you as the next of
kin and have RBA FINANZ Release the deposit to you and we share the
proceeds 50/50.I need your partnership as a foreigner to ask the funds
be released to you. I assure you that with all legal paperwork secured
in your favor and drawn up in my bank, the deposit should be released
to you within a few days via direct transfer to your provided account.I
now seek your permission to have you stand as a next of kin to the
deceased as all documentations will be carefully worked out by me for
the deposit to be released in your favor as the beneficiary next of
kin.Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our
mutual business endeavor.I have intentionally left out the
details.Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our
mutualpartnership,endeavor by furnishing me with your Full Names, Date
of Birth,Telephone Number,Fax Number,company / position held, Email
address, Contact address and Postal address.
These requirements will enable us fileletter of claim to the
appropriate departments for necessary approvals in your favor for the
deposit to be released to you before the transfer can be made. We
both stand to be well compensated on final conclusion of this
project. Your share stays in your account while the rest shall be for
me forInvestment purposes.
I find myself privileged to have this information and this is a
great opportunity of a life time of success without risks.
These requirements will enable us file letters of claim to theappropriate
departments for necessary approvals in your favor for the deposit to be
released to you. We both stand to be well compensated on final conclusion
of this project, I intend to go into lucrative investments with you as the
funds manager, that is if you are willing.
If this business endeavor is acceptable by you, do not take undue
advantage of the trust I bestow in you.Please reply to this
mail:(contact.kar101@ymail.com) with youradvised information, I would
appreciate the mutual relationship.
Regards,
Karl Brader.


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