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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: "Mrs Judith Bell." <mrsjudithbell33@w.cn>
Reply-To: judithbellj@windowslive.com
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:46:46 -0200 (BRST)
Subject:




Good Day.

My name is Judith Bell, I am a senior partner in the Technical Advisory Board of Allied
Irish Bank Group(Senior Security Specialist). We are conducting a standard process
investigation on behalf of "AIB Group”, the International Banking conglomerate.

This investigation involves a client who shares the same surname with you and also the
circumstances surrounding investments made by this client at "AIB Group”, the Private
Banking arm of Allied Irish Bank.The client died in testate and nominated no successor
in title over the investments made with the bank. I contact you independently of our
investigation and no one is informed of this communication. I would like to intimate you
with certain facts that I believe would be of interest to you. You share similar details
to the late fellow;

I am prepared to place you in a position to instruct the firm to
release the deposit to you as the closest surviving relation. Upon receipt of the
deposit, I am prepared to share the money with you. I would have gone ahead to ask the
funds be released to me, but that would have drawn a straight line to me and my
involvement in claiming the deposit. I am aware of the consequences of this proposal. I
ask that if you find no interest in this project that you should discard this mail. I
ask that you do not be vindictive and destructive. If my offer is of no appeal to you,
delete this message and forget I ever contacted you. Do not destroy my career because
you do not approve of my proposal. You may not know this but people like myself who have
made tidy sums out of comparable situations run the whole private banking sector.

I am not a criminal and what I do, I do not find against good conscience, this may be
hard for you to understand, but the dynamics of my industry dictates that I make this
move. Such opportunities only come ones in a lifetime. I have family and this is an
opportunity to provide them with
new opportunities. If you give me positive signals,I will initiate this process towards
a conclusion.

I send you this mail not without a measure of fear as to what the
consequences, but I know within me that nothing ventured is nothing gained and that
success and riches never come easy or on a platter of gold. This is the one truth I have
learned from my private banking clients. Do
not betray my confidence. If we can be of one accord, we should plan a meeting soon.

Kind regards,

Mrs Judith Bell.


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