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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: "www.bankerstrust.com" <dessert@earthlink.net>
Reply-To: "www.bankerstrust.com" <a.matutes@accountant.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:44:45 +0200 (GMT+02:00)
Subject: =?UTF-8?B?UkVBRCBJVDogRlVORCBUUkFOU0ZFUi0gwqMxNG0=?=
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FROM DESK OF: ABEL MATUTES
CLIENT OPERATIONS MANAGER
BANKERS TRUST BANK

1 GREAT WINCHESTER STREET
LONDON EC2N 2DB,
UNITED KINGDOM
TEL: [44] 702 409 7505
FACSIMILE: [44] 844 774 4649
E-MAIL: a.matutes@accountant.com

 

Dear friend,

 

Re: FUND TRANSFER- £14m.

 

My name is; Abel Matutes, Client Operations Manager, Offshore Private Banking- Bankers Trust Bank.

 

Firstly, I must solicit your interest on this transaction; it is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential. I got your e-mail address from the South Africa Telecommunication Systems [TELKOM SA]. I humbly seek your cooperation to transfer an amount of £14,000,000.00 (Fourteen Million Pound sterling) into a safe foreign bank account.

 

PLEASE NOTE: During my auditing on First-Quarter Bank requirement for Reserves  held against possible losses, I discover that one of our domiciliary accounts withholding balance of this amount has been dormant and lastly operated in the past (24) years. From my research and investigation, the owner of this account was a Hong Kong foreign national by name; Engr Wing Chiu Lee, the former CEO of LEERIG Bridge Construction hereinafter shall be referred to. He died on 14th April 1987 during an explosion of Gas transmission pipeline belonging to the Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company.  

 

Unfortunately before his untimely death, he did not make a valid “WILL” by not nominating a beneficiary / next-of-kin to his estate fund deposited with our bank. Late Engr: Wing Chiu Lee resided at Fourth Estate, 20 Bartholomew Close, London-EC1A 7QN.   I did thorough auditing within the relevant banking records in our account system from 1985 - 2010 in order to find any of his relative which proved abortive, as he has no direct relative that is aware of the existence of this account.  Information from the National Immigration Office states that Late Engr; Wing Chiu Lee was single on point of entry into United Kingdom.

 

My Bank authority has issued me a notice to contact the next of kin or the account will be declared unserviceable and the fund diverted to the Bank treasury. So far all my efforts to get a hold of someone related to this man has proved abortive. In terms of our Bank's policy,   this Fund shall be moved into a Suspense Account in April, 2011 if a claim is not initiated within the next 45days since it has been unserviceable.



I am actually asking for your consent to present you to my Bank Authority as the Next of Kin/beneficiary of my late client's fund, so that the proceeds of this account can be paid into your account, then we can share the fund on a mutually agreed based on percentage ppositively affect the lives of many instead of allowing the funds to be completely lost.

 

REWARD: On smooth conclusion of this fund transfer into your account, YOU will be entitled to (45%) of the total sum as gratification, while you will set aside (45%) for me. (5%) will be set aside to pay back any administrative or miscellaneous cost we might incurred during the transfer, while other balance of (5%) be set aside as a donation to any Charity Organization in your country as long as you can assist me on this request.

 

I guarantee that this transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of law especially considering my position in the Bank.  All the legal documentation to back up this claim as my client's next-of-Kin, I shall provided them.

 

All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us achieve this transaction.

 

 Kindly confirm your interest and capability to enable me forward more details to you. You may contact me privately on Tel: +44 702 4097 505 / a.matutes@accountant.com.

 

 

Sincerely yours,

 

 

Mr. Abel Matutes


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