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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: "Mrs Jennyfer Salgado" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsjennyfersalgado@yahoo.com.au>
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 02:52:18 -0000
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL (urgent response required)

From: Mrs Jennyfer Salgado
 
I am Mrs Jennyfer Salgado and has been a member of the Board of Audit Committee Abn Amro Bank Amsterdam
 
Netherlands. I contacted you as regards to a business proposal that will be of an immense benefit to
 
both of us and the less privileged ones. I discovered a sum of US$21,000,000.00 Dollars Only (Twenty One
 
Million Dollars Only) in an account belonging to one of our foreign customers Late Mr. Moses Saba Masri.
 
He was a Jewish business mogul from Mexico that died on a helicopter crash on January 2010. Mr. Saba was
 
47-years-old when both his wife, and the only son Avraham (Albert) and his daughter-in-law died in a
 
helicopter crash. You can get more information’ as regards to the crash and the death of our late
 
customer Mr. Moses Saba on the website address below.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3832556,00.html?
The choice of contacting you aroused from the geographical nature of where you live particularly due to
 
the sensitivity of the transaction and the confidentiality herein. Now our bank has been waiting for any
 
of the relatives to come-up for the claim of the inheritance fund but unfortunately all efforts has been
 
void. I personally have been unsuccessful in locating neither the relatives nor any next of kin to Mr.
 
Saba. On this regards, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin / will beneficiary to the
 
deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at US$21,000,000.00 can be paid to you.
This will be disbursed or shared in these percentages 50% to me and 50% to you. I have secured all
 
necessary legal documents that can be used to back up this claim we are about to make. All I need is to
 
upload your names to the documents and legalize it at the Nederlan High Court in order to prove you the
 
legitimate beneficiary. All I require now is your honest co-operation; confidentiality and trust to
 
enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee you 100 % success in this business.This transaction
 
will be executed under the ambit of the law and this will protect you from any breach of the contract.
Please provide to me the following information as we have 7 working days to run it through:
1. Your full name:
2. Telephone number:
3. Contact address:
4. Age:
5. Gender:
6. Occupation:
Having gone through a methodical search, I decided to contact you hoping that you will find this
 
proposal interesting. Please on your confirmation of this message and indicating your interest, I will
 
furnish you with more information’s.Contact via this Email but, presently i am in Nederland so you can
 
reach me with this phone no.00-31+685674437 morenoblair2@gmail.com,
Best Regards, From Mrs Jennyfer Salgado, Chairman Global Asset Management ABN Ambro bank Nederland
 
Email: morenoblair@hotmail.com Tel:+31+68-56-74-437

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