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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: "Mr David Jen" <cesbor@mundivia.es>
Reply-To: mrdavidjeninformation@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:10:34 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Dear Mr/Mrs


Dear Mr/Mrs ................................

I am Mr David Jen, a chartered management accountant and an external
auditor for Barclays Bank here in London UK. I currently work with the
team of external auditors that is retained by my bank to audit its
activities in the entire British Isles. I was intimated of your
business pedigree by a colleague who had worked with your country’s
chamber of commerce.
In the course of routine audit of the Bank books last year, I
discovered some investment accounts that had been dormant for over
fourteen years. Most of the said accounts belong to a single
beneficiary. The balance in these accounts currently stand at GBP £6
million (Six Million British Pounds) (Roughly 9 Million US Dollars).
Further investigations of the said accounts reveal that the investor
died sometime in 2000 about the same time the account was last
operated. The said investor died interstate and as such, no next of
kin has come forward all these years to lay claims to the investment.

In line with existing regulation of the Financial Services Authority
(FSA) in the United Kingdom, I have to inform the management of my
bank about the existence of dormant accounts of this nature.
Statutorily, accounts of this kind are regarded as dormant if they are
not operated for a period of ten years. The investment account of the
deceased in this instance has been dormant for about 10 years, thus
making it a dormant account.
Against this backdrop of the foregoing, I wish to inform you of the
existence of the said dormant account since you and the beneficiary
bear the same last name. I am of the opinion that using our insider
leverage, we (I am working on this with another auditor), together
with yourself can secure the funds in this bank account for ourselves
instead of allowing it transmit as “unclaimed funds” into the
Treasury
of the Government of the United Kingdom. Our bilateral co-operation in
this regard would entail you contacting Barclays Bank and applying as
the only surviving relative of the deceased investor.

I am in possession of all relevant documents (legal and
institutional) that will facilitate our achieving this goal. Once we
get this deposit in Barclays bank transferred to your name as the
Next-Of-Kin, we shall use our banking expertise to supervise the
transfer of the funds in his account in Barclays Bank to an account to
be nominated by you as sole beneficiary to the estate. You shall be
adequately compensated for your part in this transaction as my
colleague and I have agreed to give you a 30% share of the total funds
for your collaborative efforts.
I shall however leave out the other details of this transaction till I
receive an affirmation of your desire to participate. I can assure you
that we are completely in charge of the transaction and as such there
is no risk whatsoever if you decide to work with us. It is however
important to say that UTMOST CONFIDENTIALITY is of vital importance if
we are to reap the immense benefits of this transaction.

You can reach me on my private mail box and fax number below. I look
forward to hearing from you.


Mr David Jen
Email: mrdavidjeninformation@gmail.com, Fax + 448443576985


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