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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: lLilly Smith <lilly.smith71@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 03:22:29 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: GET BACK TO ME


Attn;



My name is Miss Lilly Smith ; I am a
solicitor with the Falcon Chambers UK, the personal attorney to Andreas
Schranner the President Transfield Worley Company who died with his
family on the 25th July, 2000, aboard AF4590, which crashed into the
Hotelissimo. Unfortunately they all lost their lives in the event as
there was no survivor. For your confirmations, you can visit the
website below for more information on the crash;

 

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

 

I have made several enquiries to
locate any of my clients extended relatives, which has also proved
unsuccessful. As a matter of fact, he is having a fixed time deposit of
£7.5million with a BANK here in the United Kingdom also stocks worth 17
million euros (with interest) being managed by his broker. Hence I
contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left
behind by my client before they died or the Finance house where he made
the deposit might declare them unserviceable.

 

The BANK issued me a notice to provide
the next of kin to the deceased or have the account confiscated within
a short period of time

Owing to my unsuccessful search for
the relatives getting to 9 years now, I seek your consent to stand in
as the next of kin to the deceased since you are from the same country
with my late client and we all stands the right to protect his legacy
as such the proceeds of the deposit and stocks can be paid to you for
both of us to share the funds. I have some legal documents that can be
used to backup the claim, while the rest could be processed through the
court.

 

All I require is your honest, cooperation and trust. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement



Thanks for your kind co-operation.

Cheers,

Miss Lilly Smith

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