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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: Jose Leopold <sac@zaffarinet.com.br>
Reply-To: Jose Leopold <joseleopold946@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 09:23:26 -0300 (BRT)
Subject: Partnership.


Dear Friend,

I am Mr.Jose Leopold,
i work with BS Financial Services Limited, United Kingdom. I contacted you in
respect of an investment placed under our management 9 years ago by late Jason
Ellis McMullen.I contact you independently of our investigation and emphasis the
reason of this communication. I would like to intimate you with certain facts
that I believe would be of interest to you.

In 2004, the subject matter;
Jason came to us to engage in business discussions. He informed us that he had a
financial portfolio of forty nine million Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand United
States dollars, which he wished to have us turn over (invest) on his behalf. I
was the officer assigned to his case, I made numerous suggestions in line with
my duties as the de-facto global head of the Offshore banking sector, especially
given the volume of funds he wished to put into our management. We met on
numerous occasions prior to any investments being placed. I encouraged him to
consider various growth funds with prime ratings.


In Line with
instructions, the money was deposited with Persell Ewart & Co. Financial
Management. Jason told me he wanted the money there in anticipation of his
arrival from Norway later that week. This was the last communication we had,
this transpired around 27th September 2005. In June last year, we got a call
from

Persell Ewart & Co. Financial Management informing us of the
inactivity of that particular portfolio. This was an astounding position as far
as I was concerned, given the fact that I was still in the BS Financial Offshore
sector I'm the only one other than Tony Dupan who himself is on a year's leave
of absence and is now a visiting lecturer at the London School Of Economics as
we both served on the sub-committee on Mr.Jason's portfolio initially who knew
about the deposit at

Persell Ewart & Co. Financial Management, and I
could not understand why Jason had not come forward to claim his
deposit.

I immediately passed the task of locating him to the internal
investigations department of BS Financial Services Limited. Four days later,
information started to trickle in, apparently Jason was dead. A person who
suited his description was declared dead of a heart attack in Cannes, South of
France. We were soon enough able to identify the body and cause of death was
confirmed. BS Financial Services Limited immediately launched an investigation
into possible surviving next of kin to alert about the situation and also to
come forward to claim his estate. If you are familiar with Offshore banking
affairs, those who patronize our services usually prefer anonymity, but also
some levels of detachment from conventional processes. In his bio-data form, he
listed no next of kin.

We have scanned every continent and used our
private investigation affiliate companies to get to the root of the problem. It
is this investigation that resulted in my being furnished with your details as a
possible relative of the deceased. My official capacity dictates that my
department supervises the eventual outcome of the investigation. You had
unfortunately declared that you are in no way affiliated with this individual.
What this means, you being the last batch of names we had considered, is that
our dear late fellow died with no known or identifiable family member. This
leaves you as the only person with the full picture of what the prevailing
situation is in relation to the deposit and the late beneficiary of the
deposit.

There is US$ 49,550,000.00(forty nine million Five Hundred and
Fifty Thousand United States dollars) available to be released to the next of
kin. My proposal; I am prepared to place you in a position to instruct them to
release the deposit to you as the next of kin. Upon receipt of the deposit, I am
prepared to share the money with you as the beneficiary that is: You will get
30% of US$ 49,550,000.00 while I take 70%. I assure you that I could have the
deposit released to you within a few days not later than 10 business
days.

Do not betray my confidence. If we can be of one accord, we should
plan a meeting soon.

Awaiting your good
response.

Sincerely,

Jose Leopold.

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