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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: "Renato Fassbind." <wcbuddy@cebridge.net>
Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 17:09:41 -0400
Subject: TREAT AS CONFIDENTIAL.

The Chief Financial Officer,
Credit Suisse Bank,
Uetlibergstrasse 231
8070 Zürich
Switzerland.

Greetings from Renato Fassbind.

This letter is not intended to cause any form of embarrassments, but rather intended to contact your highly esteemed self. I am Renato Fassbind the Chief Financial Officer of Credit Suisse Group. I am writing to seek your consent in a private and confidential matter regarding some funds unaccounted for in our bank here in Switzerland during the last 2006 business year. I need assistance from a trustworthy and reliable Foreigner whom I will fill as the beneficiary. Your major role would be to provide either an existing bank account or to set up a new Bank account immediately to receive this money and get 30% of the total funds as commission. There are practically no risks involved, the transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect us from any breach of the law, it will be simply a bank-to-bank transfer, and all I need from you is to stand claim as the beneficiary (next of kin) so that my head office can order the transfer to your designated bank account under few working days.

I am Renato Fassbind the Chief Financial Officer of Credit Suisse Group AG, and I write you this proposal in good faith; it is my duty as the Chief Financial Officer of Credit Suisse Group AG to send in financial report to my head office at the end of each business year. On the course of the last year 2006 business report, I discovered the sum of Twenty six million eight hundred and fifty thousand euro 26,850,000.00.

The fund is of clean origin. The owner of this account is a foreigner, a program leader until his death. The Late Prime Minister, Mr Rafi k Harri. I will provide all necessary information needed in order to claim this money. Hopping in God that you will never let me down now and in future. Ok! Rafi k Bahama E dine Harri (November 1,1944 - February 14, 2005), was a Lebanese self-made billionaire and business tycoon, and was five times Prime Minister of Lebanon(1992-1998 and 2000-2004) before his last resignation from office on October 20, 2004. The late Rafik Harri died on February 14, 2005 when explosives equivalent to around 300 kg of C4 were detonated as his motorcade drove past the Saint George Hotel in the Lebanese capital. Our head office is not aware of Funds and will never be aware of it. I have placed this funds on what we call escrow call account with no beneficiary and as an officer of this bank I cannot be directly connected to this money, hence I contacted you. If you accept to work with me I will appreciate it very much as you are the first and the only person I am contacting for this particular transaction. We will start the first transfer with sixteen million pounds, upon successful transfer without any disappointment from your side; we shall re-apply for the payment of the remaining amount to your account.

I would be grateful if you would help me in looking out for good investment opportunities with my own part of the money in a very profitable business. As soon as you receive this message if you think we can work together, so that we can go over the details. Send also your Private mobile phone and fax no: for more proper elaborations.

Yours truly,

Mr. Renato Fassbind




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