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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: Bra Canon <emmfof@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: bra_canon@hotmail.fr
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 02:40:23 +0900 (JST)
Subject: PRIVATE AND URGENT

PRIVATE AND URGENT

ATTN. MANAGING DIRECTOR,

I am contacting you in regards to a business transfer of a huge sum of money from a deceased account. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day.

PROPOSITION: I discovered an abandoned sum of Five million, five hundred thousand United State Dollars.($5.500,000) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers who died along with his entire family. Since his death, none of his next-of kin or relations has come forward to lay claims
to this money as the heir. We cannot release the fund from his account unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking guide lines.

Upon this discovery, 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 us for the funds(US$5.500,000) to be released in your favor asthe beneficiary's next of kin. It may interest you to note that I have secured from
the probate an order of mandamus to locate any of deceased beneficiaries. Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual business endeavor by furnishing me with the following.

1. Beneficiary name and address.

2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers.

These requirements will enable us file a letter of claim to the appropriate departments for necessary approvals in your favor before the transfer can be made. We are going to share the total sum on final conclusionof this project, and I will like to invest in your country. If this proposal is
acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of the trust we have bestowed on you, I await your urgent mail.

Regards,

Mr. BRA CANON.

NB:
Please if you are interested with the deal, kindly respond back with
your full name and address, fax/phone numbers, to enable us proceed
immediately without any dela





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