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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: "Robert Fore" <rfore1966@sify.com>
Reply-To: alliancefinaceinc@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:52:14 +0100
Subject: NOTIFICATION OF BEQUEST

NOTIFICATION OF BEQUEST

My name is Mr. Robert Fore. I am the Personal Assistant to the great
Atlanta Physician and Philanthropists Mr.G.Brumley. On behalf of the
Trustees and Executor of the Estate of Late George Brumley, I wish to
notify you that late George Brumley made you one of the beneficiaries of
his estate. He left the sum of Five Million One Hundred Thousand
Dollars(USD$5,100.000.00) to you. This may sound strange and unbelievable
to you,but it is real and true.

Late Mr. Brumley and all his family were among the victims that died in a
charter plane crash on Mount Kenya. The flight crashed into the
snow-capped,16,355-foot Lenana Peak on Mount Kenya destroying the entire
plane and killing passengers on board. Late George Brumley died on the
month of July 2003 at the age of 68. You can see details of his death in
the CNN link below:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html
He was a widely traveled man and devoted most of his time and wealth to
charity and humanitarian work. His great philanthropist works is well
known and recorded all over the world. He must have been in contact with
you in the past or you were nominated to him in his vision to expand the
Charity works. Simply put, he was a very dedicated Sufis and Christian who
loved to give out. His great philanthropy earned him numerous awards
during his life time. In dedicating this funds to you and other
beneficiaries, he instructed that you are to use part of the funds to
promote his legacy through activities that aims to help the old, poor,
needy and disabled in the society. Late Brumleys' legacy is the love of
charity.

Please If I reach you as I am hopeful, endeavor to get back to me as soon
as possible so we can start processing the release of the funds to you.
You are to reply me immediately providing the following information:

1.Your Full names.
2.Valid Contact address.
3.Contact Telephone and fax numbers.

Yours In Service,

Mr.Robert Fore(ESQ).
14 York Road,Ilford Essex,
IG1 3AD London, England.


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