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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: "MR. ADRIAAN HEERBAART" (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 21:04:57 -0400
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL IS THE CASE. VERY URGENT ATTENTION.



FROM MR. ADRIAAN HEERBAART.
BILL AND EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT,
ABN-AMRO BANK AMSTERDAM NETHERLANDS
REMITTANCE OF US$6.5;MILLION

CONFIDENTIAL IS THE CASE. VERY URGENT ATTENTION.

Please i want you to read this letter very carefully and i must apologize for bringing this message into your mail box without any formal introduction due to the urgency and confidential of this issue and i know that this message will come to you as a surprise, Pls this is not a joke and i will not like you to jeopardize with it.
My Urgent need for a foreign partner that made me to contact you for this legal transaction. I am a banker by profession from Amsterdam Netherlands, and currently holding the post of director Auditing and accounting unit of the bank.
I have the opportunity of transferring the left over Funds ($6.5 million) of one of my bank clients Mr. Christian Eich who died Along with his entire family in a plane crash on December 6 2003. please go through the website.

And I don't want the money to go into our Bank treasury account as an unclaimed fund. So this is the reason why i contacted you so that our bank will release this money to you as the next of kin to the deceased customer. Please I would like you to keep this proposal as top secret. And the sharing of this fund we be 60% for me then 40% for you .
>From banking experience it will take up to seven ( 7) working days to conclude this transfer. I sincerely need your help because this might be my first and last opportunity of hitting big money. I also would want you to treat this affair as both urgent, top secret and confidential. I want you to also know that this transaction will involve some expenses which will be shared among both of us.

This payment will be effected through Swift Telegraphic Transfer.
Your Urgent response is needed for immediately so that i can direct you how to obtain the Funds Genuine Clearance to enable the bank transfer the $6.5 million USA dollars in your receiving bank account.
Thank you.Greetings to you and your family.

Mr.Adriaan Heerbaart


Please kindly write me back at aheertbaart@gmail.com

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