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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: info@mail.com
Reply-To: kavita.mumdari@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 00:03:02 +0530
Subject: From Miss.Kavita Mazumdar-Shaw


Dear Friend =

I humbly request your consent and co-operation so as I can present you as =
an heir/next-of-kin of a deceased account proceeds value 50,508,609.14 INR =
(Five Crore fifty Lake eight thousand Six Hundred India rupees only I am wr=
iting this letter in confidence believing that it is the wish of God to mee=
t with you since we have not met before, I got your e-mail address from Ind=
ia- Local Yellow Page with regard to your profile, after searching all the =
job site, Hindu, matrimony and religious site looking for a trust worthy pe=
rson and I decided to contact you. I am Miss Kavita Mazumdar-Shaw of Auditi=
ng and accounting section staff in Reserve Bank of India, during my investi=
gation and auditing I came across many inactive accounts but there is a par=
ticular account that has not been noticed by the previous/past Auditors the=
account has been dormant without any claim of the fund. I write to solicit=
for support and assistance from you to carry out this deal in my bank that=
will benefit us. See the link below as directed by RBI which led to my dis=
covery
http://www.financialexpress.com/
news/find-whereabouts-of-unclaimed-deposit-holders-rbi-tells-banks/909041 =
Lying in one of the many inactive accounts is the sum of 50,508,609.14 INR =
(Five Crore fifty Lake eight thousand Six Hundred India rupees only) belong=
ing to a foreign customer (Mr.Chowalert Jitjamnong) who was a gas consultan=
t here in India, he happened to be deceased during a vacation trip with his=
wife (Mrs .Siriphut Jitjamnong) and the only child (Chawit Jitjamnong) on =
board One-Two-Go Orient-Thai Airlines flight OG269 Phuket Airport plane cra=
sh off on Monday, 17th September 2007 from Bangkok to Phuket. Info of this =
crash was on the news which we have tried to notify his relatives but to no=
avail, check on this link below for more detailed information: =

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6997381.stm
Unfortunately, he has no family member in India or Over-sea who are aware=
of the existence of the funds, at this juncture, I have decided to do busi=
ness with you by soliciting your assistance in applying as the next of kin =
to the bank then the money will be released to you as part of my effort, as=
I do not want the money to go into the bank treasury as an unclaimed bill,=
because the banking laws and guidelines stipulates that if such money(S) r=
emains unclaimed for a period of five years(5yrs),the money will be moved i=
nto the bank treasury as an unclaimed bill which is very bad if you think a=
bout it, my idea i think is better we have the money safe at our own have s=
ure we can use it well also put good help to people that are on need more .=
note that i am writing you with full trust in which i will not like you to =
expose this to no one please. My request and interest for a next of kin is =
occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and he secretly de=
posited the money without telling anybody, more importantly I will be respo=
nsible for approving application from a next of kin as part of my duty and =
recommendations but I will not let anybody know about the secret deal betwe=
en us. 50% of the money will be my share and 40% will be your share for you=
r role, partner and assistance to actualise this deal, while 10% will be fo=
r payment of expenses you made during and after the deal/transfer into your=
account thereafter you will transfer my share to my local bank account onc=
e the money hits in your account for disbursement according to the percenta=
ge indicated. PLS contact me in this =

E-Mail:> kavita.mumdari@gmail.com =

To affect the immediate transfer of the fund to your account as agreed, yo=
u must apply first to the bank as the next of kin to the deceased, and then=
we will follow up all formalities for the transaction. Send me your detail=
s like listed below. o Name, o ID proof, o Address, o mobile number o Email=
To enable me fix it up in the deceased customer file immediately. It is 10=
0% risk free because it will be secret and nobody will find out. I am assur=
ing you that with your effort we will achieve it all. Upon receipt of your =
reply, I will send to you, the text of application you are to send to the b=
ank, and further clarify you in other issues as to effect this business. No=
te that you will be matured to handle this before you reply Me , if you wis=
h to speak to me on call you can after my work time okay. Waiting to hear f=
rom you urgently =

Best Regards
Miss.Kavita Mazumdar-Shaw =

E-Mail: >kavita.mumdari@gmail.com=20

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