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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: "Morris Bester" <morrisbester@ubs.org> (may be fake)
Reply-To: morrisbester@ciudad.com.ar
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2012 18:37:03 -0200 (BRST)
Subject: Re Your Information From Morris Bester!!




Hello.

I am aware that this is an unconventional way of relaying an important
message such as this. I did try without success to locate both your
contact address or phone/fax number and as such, I resorted in contacting
you via email. I am Morris Bester, An investment consultant working with
Bank UBS AG Zurich at their offshore department.

I will be happy to work this deal out with you if you have a corporate or
personal Bank Account and if you are capable to keep TOP SECRET. During
one of our periodic auditing I discovered a dormant accounts with holding
balance of US$ 320,000.000.00 {Three Hundred And twenty million US Dollars
only}.

It has happened in the past, however, that customers pass away and their
heirs can neither prove the death, nor their heir ship. This was a
frequent occurrence even during the wartime periods, and the banks have
now set up a simple, rapid resolution procedure operating to their
customers’ advantage. Dormant assets are defined as any assets deposited
with a bank (i.e. an account, a custody account or a safety-deposit box)
for which there has been no contact with the customer in the bank’s files
for the last ten years or more. If you believe you have claim to a Swiss
bank account for which the holder (e.g. an ancestor) has not been in
contact with the bank for over ten years, there is a fairly simple
procedure to follow, depending on the date the account was opened.
If you are not familiar with Swiss Dormant Accounts and profile, please
take a moment of your very busy schedules to read about Swiss dormant
accounts:

website; www.crt-ii.org/2001_list/publication_list1_A.phtm

I am constrained to issue more details about this business until your
response is received. If you know that you are capable to handle large or
small amount on trust and can keep secret and ready to take 40% of any
amount I transfer to your account from the dormant accounts and I will
take 60%, then get back to me immediately with your details through my
most private email address <morrisbester@ciudad.com.ar> tell me more about
yourself, while I look forward to receive the above information.

I want to re-assure you that this business is risk free and you can send
an empty account to receive the funds, provided that the account is
capable to receive incoming funds, the transaction will be executed under
a legitimate arrangement that will protect us from any breach of the law.

Send also your private mobile phone number where I can reach you now.

Thank you for your time and attention.
Warmest regards,
Morris Bester.

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