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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: David Pearce <david.pearce@charles-stanley.co.uk>
Reply-To: david.pearce10@kimo.com
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 16:13:33 +0200
Subject: Request for collaboration


CHARLES STANLEY,
LONDON EC2A 4AR,
UNITED KINGDOM.


I am Mr. David Pearce, Director; Private Wealth Management, Charles
Stanley, London, United Kingdom.

I have a business proposition to share with you:

The proposition has to do with an investment portfolio of late Mr.
Michael Berger, a German and an Oil magnate here in London.

On May 6th 2005 Mr. Michael Berger deposited 18,000,000 GBP (Eighteen
Million British Pounds Sterling) under Charles Stanley portfolio
management for a period of two (2) years.

The deposit matured on the 13th of June 2007 with much significant
growth which amounted to a total of 26,400,000GBP (Twenty Six Million,
Four Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterling).

Prior to the maturity of the said deposit, we got some news that Mr.
Michael Berger died along with his wife in a fatal plane crash on 22nd
of August 2006 (Pulkovo Airlines Tupolev 154M) near Donetsk, Ukraine.
You shall read more about the crash on visiting the following site.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5274958.stm.

Upon maturity of the deposit a routine notification was sent to his
forwarding address but without responses. After a month, another
reminder was sent from my desk and I discovered that the supposed next
of kin being his wife died along with him in the plane crash, having
no children and leaving nobody with the knowledge of these funds
behind for the claim.

No next of kin was declared in his official papers including the paper
work of his bank deposit and the funds (26,400,000 GBP) is deposited
in one of the high street banks in the United Kingdom.

We have been expecting his next of kin or relatives to come over and
claim his money because we cannot release it unless somebody applies
for it as beneficiary. The financial policy stipulates that if such
money remains unclaimed for a period of seven (7) years after
maturity, it would be transferred into the Finance Treasury of Her
Majesty as unclaimed funds.

In light of this opportunity, I am proposing to you to stand in as the
next of kin to late Mr. Michael Berger. The fund will be approved into
your account and subsequently be shared in the ratio; 60% for my
colleagues and my humble self, and 40% for you as gratification for
services rendered.

I shall visit your country for the disbursement, according to the
percentages indicated once this money gets into your account. This is
a very good opportunity that will be beneficial to both of us and our
assurance is that your role is risk free to accord this transaction
the legality it deserves.

Once we commence, we shall secure from the probate registry an order
of mandamus in granting us authority to locate any relative of late
Mr. Michael Berger. All modalities had been put in place to ensure the
smooth and successful execution of this project within the ambit of
the law.

Let me crave your indulgence in portraying sincerity towards this
matter, as trust stands to be our topmost priority in this
transaction. If you are interested in this project, please get back to
me immediately via my private e-mail: david.pearce10@kimo.com for next
steps relating to this transaction. If for some reasons you find no
interest in this project I want you to disregard this message and
forget I ever contacted you.

With kind regards,
David Pearce.




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