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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: "Temple Spiff" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <tspiff001@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 19:52:56 -0600
Subject: DORMANT ACCOUNTS BENEFICIARIES

FROM: MR TEMPLE SPIFF

Dear friend,

RE: DORMANT ACCOUNTS BENEFICIARIES

I start by informing you that my name is Mr.Temple Spiff the Head of Investigation unit of Financial Crimes International here in United
Kingdom.

The Financial Crimes Division under the National Criminal Intelligence Service investigates crimes associated with financial institutions.

Today, this jurisdiction includes bank fraud, access device fraud involving credit and debit cards, telecommunications and computer
crimes, fraudulent identification, fraudulent government and commercial securities, and electronic funds transfer fraud.

We have been directed by the Prime Minister David Cameron to identify,verify and further ensure that payments are effected to the
rightful owners of funds totaling 15 Billion British Pounds Sterling which was discovered to have been dormant in various account over some
years otherwise the money held in dormant accounts would be used to fund youth and community projects by the end of October 2013 as
earlier by directed by former Prime Minister Gordon Brown;you can confirm this in the websites:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/3-1-million-from-dormant-bank-accounts-invested-in-big-society-projects

http://www.unclaimedassets.co.uk/

http://www.thinkmoney.co.uk/news-advice/government-funds-big-society-capital-with-dormant-bank-account-cash-0-3853-0.htm

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/saving/article-2124953/Big-Society-Capital-bank-launched-Cameron-raids-400m-dormant-bank-accounts.html

http://www.thinkmoney.co.uk/news-advice/government-funds-big-society-capital-with-dormant-bank-account-cash-0-3853-0.htm


In view of this directives, i have been able to make some concrete arrangement to move out some funds through you as the next of kin.

My proposal, I am prepared to place you as the next of kin in a position that will enable the release of the deposit to you as the
closest surviving relation of one of the untraceable beneficiary that has huge sum to be claimed. Upon receipt of the deposit, I am prepared
to share the money with you in half. That is: I will simply nominate you as the next of kin and have them release the deposit to you. We
share the proceeds 50/50.

In view of this, I shall be working with British Treasury,United Nations, I.M.F and World Bank to repatriate the fund to you as the
only surviving next of kin to the original beneficiary then we arrange for when to meet and share the proceeds 50/50.

I am aware of the consequences of this proposal. I ask that if you find no interest in this project that you should discard this mail. I
ask that you do not be vindictive and destructive. If my offer is of no appeal to you, delete this message and forget I ever contacted you.

Do not destroy my career because you do not approve of my proposal.You may not know this but people like myself who have made tidy sums out
of comparable situations run the whole political and banking sector. I am not a criminal and what I do, I do not find against good
conscience, this may be hard for you to understand, but the dynamics of my profession dictates that I make this move. Such opportunities
only come ones way once in a lifetime. I cannot let this chance pass me by, for once I find myself in total control of my destiny. These
chances wont pass me by. I ask that you do not destroy my chance, if you will not work with me let me know and let me move on with my life
but do not destroy me. I am a family man and this is an opportunity to provide them with new opportunities. There is a reward for this
project and it is a task well worth undertaking. I have evaluated the risks and the only risk I have here is from you refusing to work with
me and alerting my Government.


If you give me positive signals, I will initiate this process towards a conclusion. I wish to inform you that should you contact me via
official channels; I will deny knowing you and about this project. I repeat, I do not want you contacting me through my official phone
lines nor do I want you contacting me through my official email account. Contact me only through the numbers I will provide for you
and also through this email address. I do not want any direct link between you and me. My official lines are not secure lines as they are
periodically monitored to assess our level of allegiance to our Government.

Please observe this instruction religiously. Please, again, note I am a family man, I have wife and children. I send you this mail not
without a measure of fear as to what the consequences, but I know within me that nothing ventured is nothing gained and that success and
riches never come easy or on a platter of gold. This is the one truth I have learned from my profession. Do not betray my confidence.

I await your response via my secured mail : tspiff001@gmail.com

Thank you.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr.Temple Spiff

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