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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: "Harry Mitchell" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <partnersbase@wss-id.org>
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:54:48 +0300
Subject: Reprofiling of Funds

Dear Confidant


I would appreciate that you take time to study this email as it was purposely designed for your perusal and understanding.

Making contact with you also is not an accident as you were recommended in truth and fairness.As time goes on and when i have your firm trust and belief i would let you know who introduced you to this high profile transaction.

I will put you into a clear understanding of the transaction i propose to you with a clear intention for you to understand the basics and also know that it comes with a high level of benefits as well as less risk.

My letter to you was written as a matter of last resort because of the circumstances surrounding this claim. The late Jimmie Rahman migrated from the middle east to the United Kingdom as a little boy with his Parents at the end World War 2. He met and married a Jewish Woman in London with whom he had a Daughter Farida. He was a successful Oil and Gas broker and had business dealings in the Middle East and Africa. He died in the year 2004 at age 54 along with his wife, Maria, 46, and their only daughter, Farida, 11. He lived most of his years here in the United Kingdom but traveled often as his major investment was in the united states .I served as his Personal Financial Adviser and friend for the last eight years preceding his death and I had known the family a little while before then.

Because Jimmie Rahman was very business and investment conscious he needed to secure the life and future of his family,Thus making an investment deposit of $18,700,000.00( Eighteen million seven hundred thousand united states Dollars) .This investment was made in the name of Farida Rahman and was expected that when she is 21 years of age she would have access to the funds to secure her future.Unfortunatley all this never materilized because Jimmie Rahman, his wife and Farida died in a plane crash in the wake of 2004.

The funds has been lying in the company ever since then with my very firm knowlegde of its existence.Normally after a stated period of years such funds are returned to the British crown as unclaimed.

The chief reason I am doing this now,is that knowing what such funds forfeited to the Crown are used for. Normally funds forfeited to the Crown (UK Government) by way of unclaimed deposits, dividends etc are channeled to funding of wars abroad. Having this in mind I decided to divert the fund to a better and judicious use with the help of a Foreign Partner acting as a Next of Kin of my late Client; Hence my contacting you. Ordinarily I have no need for all that money. My plan is to spend over 50% of my own share on Charity and then keep the balance for my Family and investment. What really gives me the push to do this is to avoid the fund from being forfeited to the Government where it will be used unjustly.

Rest assured that this is legal with no risks involved as all the deposit documents that give you the right and legitimacy to make the claim successfully are in my Custody. The documents were entrusted to me by my late friend and confidant before his demise, and they are all that will be required to proof the genuineness and legitimacy of your claim. This is a deal I am offering you and I want you to know that it requires only a matured mind to understand all I am saying and I believe you are matured enough which is the reason I am going further.

I will wait for your response so that I can furnish you with the next step and what is required of you to kick start this transaction. Please do not forget about the confidential nature of this. Keep it to yourself. Nobody but me and you know about this transaction, and I want us to keep it that way. Even my Wife knows nothing about it, and I expect same from your side.

I would expect you to send me your full names,address,Occupation, phone and email contact as i would need these for documentation purpose.On my next email we would need speak personally.

Best regards,

Harry Mitchell

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