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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: Bank Santander London UK <jgeorgec112200@live.com>
Reply-To: <mr.jamesgeorge112200@live.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:40:15 +0100
Subject: LET US DO THIS BUSINESS YOU WILL GET 35%.





Hello Good
Friend,



I plead your
forgiveness over my unconventional approach to you regarding this matter. I
seek your trust and confidence hence I write to make this urgent business
proposal to you, please treat it with affair understanding. My name is Mr.
James George, foreign credit manager Bank Santander, London. I am the account
officer of a foreigner named Mr. Khruschev Dostoevsky, a Russian oil
billionaire, who died in Russia Plane Crash Kills 44 - The Rusair Tupolev-134
aircraft crash-landed in heavy fog a mile short of the runway at Petrozavodsk,
400 miles north of Moscow on the 20th June 2011. You can confirm this from the www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13851697 - OR en.rian.ru/russia/20110621/164746026.html -. Since his
death, our bank has contacted the Russian embassy for the next of kin, but
unfortunately Russian embassy reply us that his wife and the only son who is
the next of kin also died in crash. So by March/April this year 2013, our bank
will move his money to bank treasury account as unclaimed fund and the fund
will be forfeited to our bank in accordance with the World Bank and IMF
regulation and rules.




So, the reason I
am contact you, I want you to apply and stand claim and this fund as the
next-of-kin to the deceased Mr. Khruschev Dostoevsky as indicated in our
banking guidelines and rule, the fund will be release to you. I will legally
present you to stand as a next-of-kin to the deceased, all the legal
documentations will be carefully worked out by a senior advocate lawyer/attorney,
which will make you beneficiary's and next of kin to the total fund. The entire
fund will be transfer to your account as soon as we file the legal documents to
our bank. Thereafter we will disburse the fund among ourselves, you will take
35% then I will take 30% and our bank director will take 35% for his
involvement, for approvals/influences. So you can see that it will be an easy
and hitch-free deal. This is not a scam, or games or joke as you may think due
a lot of scam is going on the internet. I am assuring you this is not scam
please, I am telling you gospel truth. So if you are interested reply me as
quickly as possible, so that I can give you further details of this business
and also the total value of the fund on deposit. I await your urgent response.
Thanks and remain bless.




Best regards,



Mr. James
George.


Foreign Credit
Manager,


Bank Santander,
London UK.



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