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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: Tom Nataril <tomnataril03@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <ftcode0001@usa.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 08:34:25 +0000
Subject: From Mr. Tom Nataril




Good Day,

TRANSFER OF $320. 000.000.00. Million USD TO YOUR ACCOUNT.

I'm Mr. Tom Nataril, An Executive Members of {UBS} Union Bank of Switzerland, I browsed over your profiles and indicated interest to have a business opportunity with you, There is a Business at hand I would like to partner with you.This is an investment/partnership business proposal which I believe, will be of mutual benefit to both of us.

This massage is strictly confidential and is for your attention only.I wish to transfer the sum of Three Hundred & Sixty Million Dollars ($320 000.000.00 USD) deposited which belong to our foreign Deceased Client, During the course of our auditing last month, I discovered a floating fund in an account opened in the bank in 2000 and since 2004 nobody has

operated on this account again, after going through some old files in the records I discovered that the owner of the account died without a [Heir/WILL] The fund has been dormant (in- active) in our Bank here without anybody coming for it.

The owner of this account is an American and a great industrialist and a resident of Alaska State, who unfortunately lost his life in the plane, crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on 2004, including his wife and only daughter leaving nobody to claim the money.Hence the money is floating, if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be confiscated by Government of Switzerland which I personally want to make use of the great Opportunity


I have chosen to seek your consent to work with me as a team and pull out this fund under the legitimacy, The intended transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect us from any infraction of the law. However, if this business proposition offends your moral ethics, do accept my sincere apology. If on the contrary you wish to achieve this goal with me, kindly get back to me with your interest for further explanation. I contacted you for this business because the fund will be approved and paid to any Foreigner with the correct information of the account and the credit balance which I will provide to you, we will share it between us after successful completion of transfer to your account, you will receive 40% and i will have 60% of the whole money after a successful transfer to your desired account.


I wait very urgent to hear from you.

Mr. Tom Nataril
UBS AG Bahnhofstr. 45
P.O. Box CH-8098 Zurich
Switzerland.







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