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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: private contact <private_contact222@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: david_kurlins11@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:29:09 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Please Solve This If You Can.


Please Solve This If You Can.
















        Urgent information.
















        From David Kurlins.
















    Felix avenue,Rue 12 plateux,
















      Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire
















        Tel:+225 06718025

































Dearest ,
















I sourced your profile through a comprehensive web search.
















Please do not take this mail as a Junk mail, it is not, it is a serious matter that you will handle with your sincerity.
















 
















In brief, my Name is David Kurlins a financial consultant here in my
country. I have a client that lost his Wife and the only son in the
Cuban Airliner that crashed on the 5th November 2010 killed 68 on board.
















 
















My client was an Engr by profession, a loving father to his family and
when he heard the news of the Air Cuban Crashed  he  slumbed  down and
was rushed to hospital but before he died in the hospital he told his
secretary to call me as his financial advicer that I should try and
locate his relations and hand them over the documents of the funds which
he deposited in a bank here in but if I tried and could not locate any
of his relations then I should WILL the fund out to a God fearing person
over seas who will use the fund to help the Orphanages, Widows and
Charitable homes and to mentain the house of God over seas.
















 
















I have tried all I could as he instructed me to locate his relations but
all was in vain, now I have made a random draw; your name and e-mail
address was picked to be the beneficiary to this Will believing really
he may be a relation of yours which made me to contact you.
















 
















Please visit the site below for you to believe what I am saying
















 
















http://www.mail.com/intl/Article.aspx/world/0/APNews/General-World-News/20101105/U_CB-Cuba-Plane-Crash?pageid=1
















 
















I am particularly interested in securing this money from the bank where
he deposited the funds, because as his financial advicer if I fail to
produce the beneficiary of this Will within two months the money will be
credited into the Government treasury as the law here says.
















I advice you to contact me immediately  with your full contact
informations through this Email address: david_kurlins11@yahoo.co.jp 
for us to work together and get this fund transfer out from the
deposited bank to your account and you handle the fund as my client had
said above.
















 
















You are hereby adviced to share the money in the following-
















30% for you as the person mandated to do the work  while 70% will now go for the Charitable homes as my client directed.
















 
















May the Almighty God bless you as you do the work with the fear of God
















 
















information for further proceeding
















Your Full Name
















Your Telephone And Fax Numbers If Any fax
















Your Current address
















Your Age
















Your Occupation
















 
















I am awaiting your urgent reply.
















Yours Sincerely,
















David Kurlins.

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