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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: "James Flak" <info@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jamesflak33@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 19:18:31 +0800
Subject: RE:

Dear Sir/Madam,

With the recent merging of my bank Abn Amro N.V. with
Barclay's Bank Plc United Kingdom, I was made head of
service in my department by the Boards of directors of
my bank ABN AMRO N.V. (The Netherlands) to compile all
credit accounts that has been in operation with the
bank under my department/supervision. Details About
The Merging News Visit The Web Site
Below:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6469417.stm

Through my compilation of accounts, I discovered a
credit account with A/C N0:NL85ABNA6008341843
and(7,467,000.00Euros) deposited, On further trace I
came across the file and found out that the account
has be inactive for more that ten (10) yrs.

And the true owner of this funds/account wasEngineer
Christian Eich, a German who Ran carmaker BMW's museum
unfortunately lost his life, including his wife and
two children in the plane crash (Flight AF4590) which
crashed on July 31st 2000 killing all 109 people on
board.Details About The Plane Crash Visit The Web Site
Below:-http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stma

Regarding the short period of Twenty-One (21) working
days allowed confirming and submitting the reports by
the Board of directors of my bank,which may lead to
the cancellation or terminating of the account.I have
chosen to seek your consent to work with me as a team
and pull out this fund under the legitimacy as the
heir apparent of Late Engineer Christian Eich.

Contact me immediately with Your full
Name,Address,Age,Occupation and Phone Number about the
Details and modalities of this project/transaction
with private email:jamesflak33@yahoo.com

soon as this is done, i will proceed with the
necessary formalities.

Sincerely Your's
Mr. James Flak
+44-704-575-1979
(Auditor) Abn-Amro Bank
Email:jamesflak33@yahoo.com

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