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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: "David Blair" <dav@uk.com>
Reply-To: <davdavblir@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:25:55 +0100
Subject: RE:DORMANT VAULT.

Greetings,

May the good tides of the lord be with you. My name is David Blair, I worked in a bank in the United Kingdom.(UK). I am contacting you for a business transaction Of a huge sum of money from a deceased client of mine. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried,but I am assuring you that everything has been taken care of, and all will be well at the end of the day. I decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction.

FACT:
I was the account officer of a foreigner named Bernard Poirier who died in an air crash along with his wife Noreauluce Poirier on the 31st of October 1999 in an Egyptian airline 990 with other passengers on board (May their souls rest in peace).You can confirm this from the website below which was published by CNN. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm Since his death,no one has come to lay claims to his estate as his heir.The bank will not Release the funds from his account unless someone applied for claim as the next-of-kin/beneficiary to the deceased. After five years, the funds was called back to the bank treasury as unclaimed bills and the money shared amongst the directors of the bank which was done in mid 2006. At that period he had $14,210,045m (Fourteen Million two hundred and ten thousand dollars) in his account.

PROPOSITION:
Due to the relationship between the deceased & I,(Bernard Poirier) he intimated me about a diamond business Which he had to take care of and left me in custody of the CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT which he used to lodge some funds in a Security firm to the tune of $8.4m (Eight million four Hundred thousand dollars).Note: that
I decided to seek for whom his/her name shall be used as the next of kin/beneficiary to claim the funds at the security firm rather than allow the funds lay unclaimed. It may interest you to know that I have secured from the probate a WRIT OF MANDAMUS to locate any of the deceased's beneficiaries again; No One was found. Please acknowledge the receipt Of this message in acceptance of our mutual business endeavour by furnishing me with the following informations if you are interested:

1. Full name ,in order for me to prepare the document in your name.

2. Direct telephone and fax numbers for our Personal Interactions & Contact, and mutual trust in each other.

You shall be compensating me with 40% percent Of the whole funds at the conclusion of this Project for my assistance. This i shall use for investment purposes because I'm retired. If this Proposal is acceptable by you, please endeavor to contact me immediately. Do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed on you. I await your urgent mail.

Stay blessed,
Regards,
David Blair.

***CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE***
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