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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: "sliver beam" <sliverbeam@auto.lt>
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:55:50 +0200
Subject: Letter from Dominic Grieve QC MP. Attorney General for England and Wales.(Reply Urgently)


OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR ENGLAND AND WALES.
116-118 Chancery Lane London WC2A 1PP
WC2A 1PP, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Email gattorney46@yahoo.co.uk
Email: gattorneydominic@yahoo.co.uk

Dear,

With warm heart I offer my friendship, and greetings, and I hope this
mail meets you in good time. However strange or surprising this
contact might seem to you as we have not met personally or had any
dealings in the past, I humbly ask that you take due consideration
of its importance and immense benefit. I duly apologize for infringing
on your privacy, if this contact is not acceptable to you First and
foremost I wish to introduce my self properly to you.

I am Attorney Dominic Grieve (The Attorney General for England and
Wales), a solicitor at law, personal attorney to Mr. Gerhard Wunde
Rausch, a nationality of your country, who used to work with Shell
Development Company in London. Here in after shall be referred to
as my client. My client, his wife and their only daughter were
Involved in a car accident along Oxford express Road.

All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives. Since
then I have made several inquiries to your embassy here to locate any
of my clients extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last
name over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I
Contacted you. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the funds
valued at Eighteen Million British pounds ( 18,000,000.00) left behind
by my client before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable by
the bank where this huge amount were deposited.

The said bank has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or
have his account confiscated within the next twenty one officials
working days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives
for over 2years now, I seek the consent to present you as the next of
kin to the deceased since you have the same last names, so that the
proceeds of this account can be paid to you.

Therefore, on receipt of your positive response, we shall then discuss
the sharing ratio and modalities for transfer. I have all necessary
information and legal documents needed to back you up for claim. All I
require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us see this
transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed under
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the
law. Please get in touch with me for more details and clarification.

I have attached my International Passport in this email and my
Identity card. I wish that you scan yours to me for us to know each
other very well and Proceed, I will make payment of all legal fees and
take care of the entire legal step in this transaction all I want from
you is your scanned Identification, trust, honesty and good faith and
bank account details, as soon as get your positive reply I will make
sure that I Process all the legal papers and the bank release transfer
the 18 Million Pounds to your bank account.
Kindly reply to this my privet email address :(gattorneydominic@yahoo.co.uk)

"Yours Faithfully"

Dominic Grieve QC MP.
Attorney General for England and Wales.

.................................................................................................................................
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