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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: "Mr. Roland Bright" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mr.rolandbright@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 26 May 2012 02:07:15 +0530
Subject: From Mr.Roland Bright.

>From Mr.Roland Bright.
Auditing and Account manager
LLOYDS TSB BANK PLC
(UNITED KINGDOM)
Phone: +44 871 315 9471
Email: mr.rolandbright@yahoo.com

My Dear Friend,

I am Mr. Roland Bright, the director in charge of auditing and accounting section of Lloyds TSB Bank PLC LONDON UNITED KINGDOM, and also a special account officer of Mr. Rajesh Gupta, of India . He was a seasoned contractor with London Cement Company, UNITED KINGDOM , who unfortunately died in a plane crash of Union Transport Africaines Flight Boeing 727 in LONDON UNITED KINGDOM on 25th December, 2003. Before his death on the 25th December 2003, Mr. Gupta has a fixed deposit account with the bank and no other person know about this account or have any information relating to this account.

The account has no beneficiary or next-of-kin other than him, my investigation reveal that his supposed next-of-kin died along with him in the crash. Since then, I have made several enquiries to locate any of his extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.

After several unsuccessful attempts to locate his relatives, I decided to contact you. I'm contacting you to assist in remittance of a dormant fund as the next of kin left behind by Mr. Gupta so as not to allow the bank confiscate or declare the funds unserviceable in the account according to United Kingdom financial law on unclaimed bills. Consequently, I'm seeking your consent to present you as the next-of-kin to the deceased customer so that the outstanding fixed deposit Twenty Two Million Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars(US$22.8M) will be remitted into any designated account of yours to be shared by both of us in the ratio of 55% to me and 40% for you, while 5% of the principle sum will be mapped out to take care of any expenses we might both incure during the process of transferring the funds to ypur account.

I have all necessary legal documents to back up this claim. All that is required of you is absolute honesty, total commitment, co-operation and absolute confidentiality. Be rest-assured that this transaction will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect both of us from breach of the law and it is 100% risk free and attracts no authorities and every information you will require as the next of kin will be forwarded to you after your final acceptance to help me champion this deal. If this proposal is acceptable to you, kindly email your following information to me.

a. Full Name(s)
b. Direct phone & fax number(s)
c. Your personal email and your complete home address.
d. Country.
e. Age/Sex
f. Occupation

Thank you for your co-operation until I read from you. You may also reach me at my private mailbox: mr.rolandbright@yahoo.com or call me for further information on +44 871 315 9471.

Sincerely yours,
Mr. Roland Bright.

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