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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: Bank Of England <charlesbean400@btinternet.com>
Reply-To: charlesbean1960@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 08:41:05 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: urgent




Hello,

My name is Prof.Charles Richard Bean.I am the deputy governor on monetary policy of bank of England.I came to know of you in my search for a reliable and reputable person to handle a very confidential transaction that involves the transfer of a huge sum of money to a foreign account.

In my department I discovered an abandoned sum of £26,000.000.00 (Twenty Six Million British Pounds Sterling) in a dormant account that belongs to one of our foreign customers,late Engr.Gambone Michael who unfortunately lost his life with his wife in the plane crash of Swiss Airlines Flight 111 , which crashed into the Atlantic off Nova Scotia in September 2nd 1998.Please read more about the plane crash on visiting this site.

http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/9809/swissair.victims.list/index.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/163662.stm
http://www.greatdreams.com/crash.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swissair_Flight_111

Since we got information about his death, I have been expecting his next of kin or some body with complete information about the account to come over and claim his money, Because the money can not be released unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased with complete data of the account as indicated in our banking guidelines. But until now nobody has come up as his next of kin to claim the fund.I discovered that late Engr.Gambone Michael did not write any next of kin in his official papers including the paper work of his bank deposit leaving nobody with the knowledge of this funds behind for the claim.

It is therefore upon this discovery that I decided to send this proposal to you for me to present you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased and apply for the transfer of the money into your nominated foreign account for subsequent disbursement,Since nobody is coming for it and I don't want this money to go into the Bank treasury as unclaimed Bill. The banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after Twelve years, the money will be transferred into the Bank treasury account as unclaimed fund.The need of a foreigner as next of kin in this transaction is due to the fact that the client involved was a foreigner and I can use my position in the bank to present you as his next of kin. You will be given 30% for your assistance and effort at the end of the transfer.Please note that this is a legal and risk free transaction that does not in anyway hamper the monetary laws of any country,It is an inheritance
fund.Should you be interested please send me the following:-

1.Full Names
2.Occupation
3.Age
4.Contact Address
5.phone number
6.copy of Identification

The above requirements will enable me file a letter of claim to the appropriate departments for necessary approvals in your favor before you can personally appear for the claim If you can handle this project.Mind you that this transaction requires the highest mutual trust and absolute secrecy.I promise that this transaction will be done under a legitimate arrangement that will protect both of us from any breach of the law.Please do not betray my confidence.

Sincerely,
Prof. Charles Richard Bean.
Deputy Governor on Monetary policy.
Bank of England.

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