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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 Jeff Lee <jefflee.flee@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2012 02:15:27 +0800
Subject: Partnership,

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Dear Proposed Partner,

My name is *Mr. Jeff Lee*, I am writing to seek your co-operation over this
business proposal, Am the Auditor General with a well-known bank here in
United Kingdom . First I must solicit your confidence in this transaction;
this is by virtue as being utterly confidential and top secret. Though I
know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive
and worried.

My contacting you is based on a secret discovery of a dormant account worth
a total sum of $ 95,000,000.00 USD during our Bank's Annual Year Account
Auditing. It will be in my interest to work and finish this transaction
with you. If you can be a collaborator to this transaction, the banking law
and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after
three years, the money will be transferred into the Bank treasury as
unclaimed fund.

Most importantly, you will be required to;

(1). Act as the original beneficiary of the funds.
(2). Receive the funds into a business/private bank account.
(3). At the completion of this transaction, the sharing rates shall be 55%
for me, 35% for you while 10% will be used after the conclusion of the
transaction, to settle all foreign expenses made from both end in respect
to the securing of the funds.

Please indicate your positive interest immediately for us to proceed if not
please ignore, remember this is absolutely confidential because my Bank
does not know about it. Get back to me for more details
Thanks for Your Cooperation.
*
Warmest regards,
Mr. **Jeff Lee**
Auditor General; Allied Trust Bank,
74 Skegby Road, Wood house,
Kirkby-in-Ash field,Nottingham NG17 9JH
United Kingdom.*

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