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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: "Magnus Scheiber." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ofatmbx@live.cn>
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 11:32:26 -0500
Subject: GOOD DAY

PERREIRA & CO.
Attorney at Law & Notary Public.
30 Commercial Rd.
Fratton
PORTSMOUTH
Hampshire
PO1 1AA U.K.

Good day


Following the gazette by The Chancellor of the Exchequer to all financial institutions with National Savings and Investments to estimate the value of its unclaimed assets in savings with no customer activity for 15 years with a view to harness around 1BN POUNDS lying dormant in the nation’s bank and building society accounts for re-investment in the UK, the NCC has commissioned PERREIRA & CO to seek out legal beneficiaries/heirs to unclaimed asset as a means to ensure that genuine claims are not reverted to the government treasury and to maintain public confidence in the safety and security of the banking system.

I work for PERREIRA & CO, a U.K. law firm that arranges asset management and storage of special valuables for reputable clients. We have information concerning the availability of a bank deposit box which has been listed in your name. You are the beneficiary of the deposit box which contains £5,00,000.00 ( Five Million British Pound Sterling). The lease on the safe deposit box has expired and no further rental payments or claims have since been made since dormancy.

Financial assets are considered unclaimed when contact with an owner or beneficiary is lost for an extended period and the lease expired without further rental payments or claims. This often happens due to a name change after marriage or divorce, an unreported change of address or expired postal forwarding order, incomplete, illegible records and result of computer and clerical errors. When owners or their heirs fail to claim an asset over a specified number of years known as the dormancy period, those left holding the money: banks, stock brokers, utility firms, employers, life insurance companies and others - transfer custody to a special trust account in a process known as escheat.

Consequently, our law firm have traced this bank deposit to you as the listed beneficiary and you are advised to contact this office immediately for release proceedings to commence with the courts.

Yours Faithfully,
ofatmbx@live.cn
Magnus Scheiber.
Associate Solicitor
PERREIRA & CO.

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