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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: "Credit suisse bank London." <mr.eric_varvel@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mr.ericvarvel@london.com
Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2013 20:41:35 +0600
Subject: Fra Mr. Eric VARVEL (Business forslag)

Hilsen til dig,


 Jeg er Mr. Eric VARVEL, Chief Executive Officer baseret i Det Forenede
Kongerige (Credit Suisse Bank)
Jeg skriver om en virksomhed forslag, som vil være af enorm fordel for os
begge. I min afdeling, med Greater London Regional Executive Officer
opdagede jeg en samlet sum af £ 16.500,000,00 million (Seksten millioner
femhundredetusinde Great British pounds) på en konto, der tilhører vores
udenlandske kunder Late Mr. Mosie s Saba Masri . Han var en jødisk business
mogul fra Mexico, som var offer for et helikopterstyrt i starten af ??de
seneste 2 år, der dræbte ham og familiemedlemmer. Mr. Saba var 47 år, da
både hans hustru, hans eneste søn Avraham (Albert) og hans datter-in-law
døde i en helikopter styrt.


Valget af at kontakte dig fra den geografiske karakter af vækket, hvor du
bor, især på grund af følsomheden af ??transaktionen og fortrolighed her.
Nu er vores bank har ventet på en af ??de pårørende til at komme op til
kravet, men ingen har gjort det. Jeg personligt var mislykket i at
lokalisere de pårørende, jeg søger dit samtykke til at præsentere dig som
pårørende / Vil Modtager til den afdøde, så udbyttet af denne konto
vurderet til 16.500,000,00 million pounds kan udbetales til dig.

Dette vil blive udbetalt eller delt i disse procenter, 60% for mig og 40%
til dig. Jeg har alle de nødvendige juridiske dokumenter, der kan sikres
for at sikre denne erklæring, vi gør. Alt, hvad jeg behøver, er at udfylde
dit navn til dokumenterne og legalisere det her i retten for at bevise dig
som den legitime modtagere. Alt, hvad jeg kræver nu, er din ærlighed,
samarbejde, fortrolighed og tillid til, at vi ser denne transaktion
igennem. Jeg garanterer dig 100% succes, og at denne forretning transaktion
vil blive gennemført under anvendelsesområdet for loven, som også vil
beskytte dig mod enhver overtrædelse af kontrakten.

Giv mig de følgende, som vi har 7 dage til at køre det igennem.
 Dette er meget presserende PLEASE.

 1 Fulde navn: --------------------------------
 2 Din direkte Mobilnummer: ---------
 3, Contact: ----------------------------------
 4 Beskæftigelse: -----------------------------
 5, Alder / Køn: ---------------------------
 6 Nationalitet: ------------------------------

Efter at have været igennem en metodisk søgning, besluttede jeg at
kontakte dig håber at du vil finde dette forslag interessant. Venligst på
din bekræftelse af denne besked og angiver din interesse vil jeg give dig
flere informationer.

Mange tak, som jeg venter på din positive respons.

Med venlig hilsen,

Fra: Mr. Eric VARVEL.


+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++



Greetings to you,


I'm Mr. Eric Varvel, Chief Executive Officer based in United
Kingdom(credit Suisse Bank)
I am Writing about a business proposal that will be of immense benefit for
both of us. In my department, with the Greater London Regional Executive
Officer, I
discovered a total sum of £ 16.500,000,00 million (Sixteen million five
hundred thousand Great British pounds) in an account that belongs to our
foreign customer Late Mr. Mosie's Saba masri . He was a Jewish business
mogul from Mexico who was a victim of a helicopter crash in the beginning
of the last 2 years that killed him and family members. Mr. Saba was 47
years old when both his wife , his only son Avraham (Albert) and his
daughter-in-law died in a helicopter crash.


The choice of contacting you from the geographical nature of awakened
where you live, particularly due to the sensitivity of the transaction and
confidentiality here. Now our bank has been waiting for one of the
Relatives to come-up for the claim but nobody has done that. I personally
were unsuccessful in locating the relatives, 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 16.500,000,00 million pounds may be paid
to you.

This will be disbursed or shared in these percentages, 60% for me and 40%
to You. I have all the necessary legal documents that can be secured to
ensure to this statement we make. All I need is to fill in your name to the
Documents and legalize it here in the court to prove you as the legitimate
Beneficiaries. All I require now is your honesty, co-operation,
confidentiality and trust to enable us see this transaction through. I
guarantee you 100% success and that this business transaction will be
executed under the ambit of law that will also protect you from any breach
of the contract.

Please give me the following, as we have 7 days to run it through.
This is very URGENT PLEASE.

1, Full Name:--------------------------------
2, Your Direct Mobile Number:---------
3, Contact:----------------------------------
4, Occupation:-----------------------------
5, Age / Gender:---------------------------
6, Nationality:------------------------------

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
informations.

Thank you very much, as I wait for your positive response.

With best regards,

>From : Mr. Eric Varvel.

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