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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: "ambers.partners" <tosandnori@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ambers.partners@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2012 01:10:30 +0100
Subject: Dear ; Hello.


AMBER CHAMBERS & ASSOCIATES
2 Albert Drive, Burgess Hill,
West Sussex, RH15 9TN London,
United Kingdom.

Dear ; Hello.

First, I'm soliciting your utmost confidentiality in this Transaction. I am
Barr. Amber George, the personal attorney to late Mr. Kurt Kahle, 51.

The Proposition: My late client, late Kurt Kahle who died on 25th July 2000
aboard AF4590 which crashed into the Hotelissimo with all 109 people on
board and five who died on the ground when the plan crashed, while flying
to New York to join a Caribbean cruise for a "vacation of a lifetime".

He deposited with a bank the sum of ₤18.6 Million Pounds, having heard of
the tragic incident involving late Kurt Kahle and his family,the bank now
expects a next of kin as beneficiary to come forward and claim his fund.
Valuable efforts have been made by the bank management to get in touch with
any of his family's but all effort were in vain as he died with his entire
family (his wife 37, and only son michael 8).

Based on this, the bank then contacted me as their only known legally
consultant. The only name of next of kin given to me by late Kurt Kahle
unfortunately was his only son with him in the same flight that crashed,
and this is unknown to the bank. I'm taking this advantage in order to
better my life and that of my family since there is no relation of my late
client that can claim the fund now hence the bank will share it among
themselves as unclaimed fund.

I now decided to seek your permission to have you stand as next of kin to
late Kurt Kahle, so that the fund be released to you as the next of kin.
All documents and proves to enable you get this fund will be carefully
worked out by me because he gave me the certificate of deposit before his
death as his legal adviser.

I am assuring you that this transaction and its procedures is 100% legal
and risk free involvement. Your share stays while the rest will be for
myself. The sharing of the fund between the two of us will be as follows:
40% of the total sum will go to you for your effort and commitment to the
success of this transaction. 60% will be for me here.

As soon as I receive an acknowledgement of the receipt of this message in
Acceptance, I will immediately start up with the process. If this proposal
is acceptable by you, kindly reply me immediately you get this mail. Note,
you will not travel because this will be a wire transfer transaction, but
most importantly to achieve success, you must keep TOPMOST CONFIDENTIALITY
of this transaction.

I want you to also furnish me with the following information:

1.Your private telephone/fax or preferably your mobile numbers.
2. Your full names and address,.

Yours faithfully,

Barrister Amber George,
Senior Partner.

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