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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: COCA COLA 2013 PROMOTION <misspreciousazuh@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2013 05:58:36 -0800
Subject: Dear Friend,

Dear Friend,

I am Mr.Barrister Paul Anderson, an attorney with the above mentioned
chambers Here in London England,a personal attorney/confidant to the Late
Mr.Andreas Schranner.On Monday, 31st October 1999, I was appointed as a
personal attorney/confidant to Mr.Andreas Schranner, (Late) a German
National, An Astute Business man of international repute, a contractor with
Ecowas country, whose endeavors spans various areas of Business interest,
(Real estate, contract and Farming.

Late Mr.Andreas Schranner before his death made a numbered time (Fixed
Deposit), valued at $10,600,000.00 (Ten Million, Six Hundred thousand
United States Dollars) for twelve calendar months in one of the prime banks
here in London,(Name withheld) Upon Maturity, the bank sent me a routine
notification as his personal attorney/confident to present any of my late
Mr.Andreas Schranner Next of Kin or extended family since Andreas
Schranner, 64, his wife Maria, 62, their daughter Andrea Eich, 38, her
husband Christian, 57, and their children Katharina, eight, and Maximilian,
10, all perished in the jet which crashed on Monday, 31 July 2000 into the
Hotel issimo. Please, read more from the link below:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

After further investigation, been his personal attorney/confidant, it was
discovered that his only Next of Kin were his wife Maria and only their
daughter Andrea Eich who were also involved in the crash.

On further investigation, it was discovered that Late Mr. Andreas Schranner
did not declare any next of kin or relatives in all his official documents,
including his Bank Deposit paper work here in my custody expect his wife
Maria and daughter Andrea Eich who are all involved in the plane crash. The
total sum, $10,600, 000.00 is still in the bank and the interest is being
rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. All efforts to
trace and locate any of his extended family proved abortive.

In accordance with the country's banking laws and constitution guiding the
banking institution stated that after the expiration of Nine (9) Years, if
nobody or persons comes for the claim as the next of kin , such money will
be revert to the British government treasury if nobody applies as the next
of Kin to claim of the fund. Consequently, It is upon this respect, I seek
to present you as a foreign partner to stand in as the next of kin to the
late Mr. Andreas Schranner since no one will come up for the claim.

Upon acceptance of this proposal, I shall send to you by mail all the
necessary documents as well as detailed information on how this deal would
be carried out.

The money will be shared in the ratio: Sixty percent for me, forty percent
for you and .I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law, as I am his
personal attorney/confidant until his death, I will use my power here to
perfect this business transaction and secure approvals and guarantee the
successful execution of this transaction.

Please be informed that your utmost confidentiality is required. If this
interests you, I want to remind you of the confidentiality of this
transaction at hand whatever your decision is.

I await your urgent response. Your detailed reply should contain your full
name, postal address, a scanned copy of your driver's license and
telephone/fax numbers for easier communication for onward proceeding.Get
back to me through my private email

Thank you,
Barrister Paul Anderson

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