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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: "Alexandra De Keyser" <alexx.dekeyser@sify.com>
Reply-To: alex.dekeyserr@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 04:23:37 +0300 (EAT)
Subject: Hello




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Alexandra de Keyser
Alexandra's Attorney ( ID 447778)
10 Upper Bank Street
England.
E14 5JJ

We wish to notify you again that you we have unanimously agreed through a
resolution reached in a meeting of our board of trustee to nominate you
as a beneficiary to the total sum of (Eleven Million, Five Hundred and
Thirty Thousand United State Dollar) presently under the custody of a Bank
here in UK. The deceased (Name now withheld since this is our second
letter to you). We contacted you basically because you bear the same
surname identity of the deceased which obviously we know you dont have or
rather have never had any relationship whatsoever with the deceased at any
given times during his life time.

As lawyers to the deceased we cannot lay claim to this funds which is
about to be forfeited to the British Crown because the bank account has
been dormant for the proceeding Six years without claim and according to
the British law, the money will revert to the treasury of the British
government if nobody applies to claim the funds within the next six months
with a satisfactory proof of claim. Being lawyers to the deceased for the
past fifteen years before his demise, we have all it takes to
satisfactorily present you as the next of kin to the deceased for this
claim.We shall be happy to prepare wills, set-up and administer trusts,
carry out the administration of estates, prepare and administer powers of
attorney. All the papers will be processed in your acceptance.Our legal
services aim to provide our private clients with a complete service on
this matter to ensure a swift and successful process which will be carried
out within the limit of the law.

To avoid this money being sent to the British Treasury as unclaimed funds,
it is on this note I sorted your surname in your high commission here,
made some preliminary inquiries about your person without disclosing my
real intension anyway, and hereby crave your indulgence since you bear
the same surnames as we can therefore present you as the beneficiary to
the inheritance, since there is no written will.

At your acceptance of this deal, we request that you kindly send to us
your current telephone and fax numbers, your official and residential
address and a valid form of identification of yourself, either your
drivers license or first three pages of your international passport to
enable us file necessary documents at our high court probate division for
the release of this sum of money in your favor.

It was agreed also that your share in this deal after a successful
transfer of the money into your nominated bank account will be 30% of the
entire sum calculated to be $3,459,000.00 (Three Million Four Hundred and
Fifty Nine Thousand U S Dollars) $8,000,000.00 (Eight Million U S
Dollars) will be our share, I will be coming personally to meet with you
to receive our share.

I want want to re-assure you that we have the legal might, documentary
facts to establish your claim of this money as the next of kin to the
deceased without hitches.

Yours faithfully
Alexandra de Keyser
Associate Partner

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