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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: "Green" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <customerdsk@post.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2011 02:05:28 +0200
Subject: Investment Partnership

Reply to my private email:customerdsk@post.com
Dear Sir/Madam

I am David Green chief auditor working with Chase Manhattan Bank, United Kingdom, I am contacting you concerning a deceased customer and an investment he placed under our bank management. I would respectfully request that you keep the contents of this email confidential and respect the integrity of the information you come by as a result of this email. I am contacting you independently of my investigation and no one is informed of this communication. In the year 2002, the subject matter; came to our bank to engage in business discussions with our private banking division. He informed us that he had a financial portfolio of $38.5Million (Thirty eight million,five hundred thousand dollars)on his behalf.

I was the officer assigned to his case; especially given the volume of funds he wished to put into our bank. This money was invested and profit margins were made during our first few months of operation but In mid-2009, he asked that the money be liquidated because he needed to make an urgent investment requiring cash payments but cash movement has become especially strict since the incidents of September 11 Crisis (9/11). The Bank he wanted to transfer the funds to is a specialist private Institution that accepts deposits from high net worth individuals and blue chip corporations ,Mr Jonathan Charlotte told me he wanted the money there in anticipation of his arrival from Norway. This was the last communication we had, which transpired around 24th of November 2009.
In August last year we got a call informing us about the inactivity of that particular portfolio. I made futile efforts to locate Mr Jonathan Charlotte. I immediately passed the task of locating him to the internal investigations department of the Bank. Four days later, information trickled in; apparently our client was dead and cause of death was a heart attack in cannel, in Southern part of France. Apparently In his bio-data form, he listed no next of kin and in the field of private banking, opening an account means no one will know of its existence

My proposal:What I wish to relate to you will smack of unethical practice but I want you to understand something. It is only an outsider to the banking world who finds the internal politics of the banking world aberrational. The world of private banking especially is fraught with huge rewards for those that occupy certain offices and oversee certain portfolios. You should have begun by now to put together the general direction of what I propose. There is $38.5Million (Thirty eight million,five hundred thousand dollars)which i alone have the full details and they will release the deposit to no one unless he or she has all documentations and proof.I now seek your permission to present you as a next of kin to the deceased, as all documentations will be carefully worked to make you the beneficiary to the funds. I am prepared to share the money with you. We share the proceeds 70/30.I would have gone ahead to ask that the funds be released to me or rather use a family member or friend but that would have to drawn

Waiting for your reply
David

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