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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: "Mr. Nathaniel James" <nathanieljames@accountant.com>
Reply-To: <mrnathanieljames@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2013 09:18:33 -0700
Subject: Very Important Message


Dear Friend,
I am Mr. Nathaniel James the manager Accounting / Audit Department of
Credit Suisse Bank, cabot Square London United Kingdom . 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 . Being the manager accounting /
audit department Greater London Regional office I discovered a sum of £
16,500,000.00 GBP ( Sixteen Million five hundred thousand Great British
pounds sterling) in an account belonging to one of our foreign customers
Late Mr. Moises Saba Masri . He was a Jewish business mogul from Mexico
that died on a helicopter crash on 2010. 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 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 being void . I personally have been
unsuccessful in locating the relatives or 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 £ 16.5 Million British Pounds sterling can be paid to you .

This will be disbursed or shared in these percentages 60% to me and 40%
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 at the British 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 and that this
business transaction will be executed under the ambit of law and will
also protect you from any breach of the law .

Please provide me the following as we have 5 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.

Your consent to this e-mail and business proposal will be highly
appreciated.

I look forward to hear from you soon.

Have a wonderful day.

Best Regards,
Mr. Nathaniel James.

N.B
send the requested information across to my email:
mr.jamesnathaniel@yahoo.com

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