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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: "david van" <david.van92@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: <van.david13@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:29:33 -0000
Subject: Attention

Attention; This is a very personal and confidential matter I would want you to handle with great attention and understanding. My name is david van, I am the family attorney to late Mr. Andreas Schranner who passed away along with his entire family in a plane crash years back, Weeks before this unfatefull incident, I had assisted my client to make a very important deposit with a bank in London named ( HALIFAX BANK).
The total sum of $6.5 million USD was deposited which is presently in an Escrow account. This funds was earmarked for estate and capital investments in London. Unfortunately he never lived to make this dream a reality
.
On the 25Th of July 2000, My client; Mr. Andreas schranner, his wife Sheila , their daughter Andréa eich, her husband Christian, including thier children katharina and maximising all died in the air France concord plane crash bound for New York for thier proposed vacation cruise. Confirm from the link below

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm .
All attempts to trace his next of kin to make claims on the funds were fruitless. After an exhaustive investigations I discovered that Andreas Schranner did not declare any next of kin or relation in all the official documentations including all deposit paperwork . As family attorney the bank requires me to present the next of kin to our late client to claim the deposit. I will provide you funds deposit details when due.
In the meantime, to commence the re-direction of this funds, I would like you to clarify the followings in your response. (1) Have you ever handled a huge business transaction that was successful in the past? (2) If you are required to travel to fulfill certain obligations, Can you travel within a short notice? (3) Will your final recipient account be able to receive these funds ?

Finally, I will offer you 25% of this funds after you have successfully receive funds in your account. I will also set aside 5% for for any expenses that may arise. To signify your interest, kindly provide me with Your names, full contact address, telephone, fax number and photo ID, this will be required to commence immediate funds release procedure. However, you will need to sign a non-circumvention agreement with me towards a mutual towards disbursement of the proceeds based on an agreed sharing percentage.
Looking forward to receive your favorable response.

Regards,
david van.
E-mail ( van.david13@yahoo.com )



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