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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: "pt.walter@natwestbank.com" <pt.walter@natwestbank.com>
Reply-To: ptt.walter@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 07:17:41 +0000
Subject: Let me know your conclusion



Compliments of the day.

I am Peter Walter, Principal Assurance manager National Westminster
Bank Plc
London-England,United Kingdom. I am getting in touch with you
regarding the
estate of a deceased client with similar last name and an investment
placed
under our banks management 9 years ago.I would respectfully request
that you
keep the contents of this mail confidential and respect the integrity
of the
information you come by as a result of this mail. I contact you
independently
and no one is informed of this communication. In 2000, a client of
ours who is
the subject matter came to our bank to engage in business discussions
with our
private banking division.

He informed us that he had a financial portfolio of $27.5 Million
United States
dollars, which he wished to; have us invest on his behalf. Based on
my advice,
we spun the money around various opportunities and made attractive
margins in
our first year of operation, the accrued profit and interest stood at
this point
at over 8 million United States Dollars. In mid 2002, he instructed
that the
principal sum of $27.5 Million United States dollars be liquidated
because he
needed to make an urgent investment requiring cash payments in
Canada. We got in
touch with a specialist bank Barclays offshore bank Canada who agreed
this money
for a fee and make cash available to the client in question. However
Barclays
offshore bank got in touch with us last year that this money has not
been claimed.

On further inquiries we found out that our client was involved in an
accident in
Bristol, which means he died intestate. He has no next of kin and the
reason I
am writing you is because you are namesakes and that provides the
perfect avenue
for us to transact this business successfully. What I propose is that
since I
have exclusive access to his file, you will be made the beneficiary
of these
funds. My bank will contact you informing you that money has been
willed to you.

On verification, which will be the details I make available to my
bank, my bank
will instruct Barclays offshore bank to make payments to you. You do
not have to
have known him. I know this might be a bit heavy for you but please
trust me on
this. For all your troubles I propose that we split the money in
half. In the
banking circle this happens every time. The other option is that the
money will
revert back to the Bank of England. Nobody is getting hurt; this is a
life time
opportunity for us. I hold the KEY to these funds, and as a British
National we
see so much cash and funds being re-assigned daily. I would want us
to keep
communication for now strictly via my email for now.

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 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
private banking clients. Do not betray my confidence. If we can be of
one
accord, we should act swiftly on this.

I await your response.

Peter Walter
+447045745168


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