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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: "Mr.Keith Jones" <mr.keith----jones@att.net>
Reply-To: mr.keithjones@airsoftmail.com
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 09:27:34 -0800 (PST)
Subject: GOOD DAY TO YOU. READ IMPORTANT!!



Good day to you,

I plead your forgiveness over my unconventional approach to you regarding this matter, I seek your trust and confidence hence I write to make this urgent business proposal to you, please treat it with affair understanding. My name is Mr. Keith Jones, foreign credit manager Santander Bank. I am the account officer of a foreigner named Alison Des Forges, of Buffalo, considered one of the world's leading experts on the genocide in Rwanda, who died in US passenger plan crash, Continental Connection flight 3407, 13th Feb 2009, on board. You can confirm this from the BBC. NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7887555.stm. Since his death, our bank has contacted the US embassy for the next of kin, but unfortunately his wife and son who is the next of kin also has died. So our bank is looking and waiting to see if any of their relative will forward claims over their deposited funds as their heir, but no one have showed up for more than a year now. So by next year if
no one shows up to claim the funds, our bank will move the money to bank treasury account as unclaimed bill and the funds will be forfeited to our bank in accordance with the banking regulation.

This is the reason why I seek your approval to apply claim to this funds as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines and rule, the funds will be release to you. This is going to be legally processed in your name as I an insider working in the bank. I will legally present you to stand as a next-of-kin to the deceased, all the legal documentations will be carefully worked out by a senior advocate lawyer/attorney, which will make you beneficiary's next of kin and total funds will be transfer to your account, thereafter we will disburse the funds among ourselves, you will take 35% then I will take 30% and our bank director will take 35% for his involvement, approvals/influences, so you can see that it will be an easy and hitch-free deal. This is not a scam, games or joke as you may think due a lot of scam going on the internet. But this is not scam please I am telling you gospel truth. So if you are interested reply me as
quickly as possible, so that I can give you further details of this business and also the total value of the funds on deposit. I await your urgent response. Thanks and remain bless.

Best regards,

Mr. Keith Jones.
Foreign Credit Manager,
Santander Bank
Santander Branch, 406 Strand,
London, WC2R0NE.

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