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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: "Martijn Den Daas" <martijndendaas@nl.abnamro.com>
Reply-To: martijn.den@accountant.com
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2012 06:52:48 -0500
Subject: Hello

Attention:


The completion of the legal merging between my Bank ABN AMRO N.V. with
Fortis Bank N.V. (Fortis Bank Nederland) means the two banks can now make
accelerated progress in integrating their activities. With effect from the
merger date, they will be allowed to exchange and share client information
and can start the technical migration of client data in the central system
of ABN AMRO N.V. The proposed management appointments previously announced
will also officially take effect at this time.

I was made head of service in my department by the Board of directors of
my bank ABN AMRO N.V. (The Netherlands) to compile all credit accounts
that has been in operation with the bank.

Copy and paste the Web link for more Details about the Merging News: -
http://www.abnamro.com/en/press-room/press-release-archive/2010/
Completion_of_legal_merger.html

During the compilation of all credit accounts, I discovered a credit
account with A/C NO: NL85-ABNA-60.83.41.843 and ($7,467,000.00Million
Dollars) deposited. My investigation and document confirmed in his account
file reveals that the investor died without a WILL, and It was A German
who Ran car maker BMW's museum and that was the exact period the account
were last operated. I can confirm with certainty that no body has ever
came as heir apparent of Late Engineer Erich Anorld legacy.

The Netherlands law demands that I notify the fiscal authorities after a
statutory time period of ten (10) years when dormant accounts of this type
are called in by the monetary regulatory bodies. The above set of facts
underscores my reason for writing and making the following proposal to
you. I have chosen to seek your consent to work with me as a partner to
achieve this fund under the legitimacy as the heir apparent of Late
Engineer Erich Anorld Without any fear or doubt arising from the bank
authority. This is not a cheat, it's just an opportunity and any one with
useful information regarding this account information can apply but been
the only one to discover this I have to contact you. Please, do let me
know your readiness towards achieving this goal together as a partner by
responding to me immediately.

Sincerely Yours,

Martijn Den Daas
Acting Audit Manager
ABN AMRO Bank N. V.
Amsterdam, The Netherlands.



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