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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: =?utf-8?Q?WHITLOCK_AND_PARTNERS?=
<george.whitlock@whitlock-whitlock.com>
Reply-To: george.whitlock3@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 21:35:09 -0200
Subject: Mr Pletnev/Reliance Bank Limited


Attention:


My name is George Whitlock and I am an attorney based in London. I have a Russian client who I am representing towards getting his payment valued at $12,500,000.00 with Reliance Bank Limited, London. Since last year my client Sergey Pletnev has not been able to conclude his claims. some months back I tried to get in contact with him to finalize the claim but did not hear from him. The bank has not heard from him also and since then his payment has been pending for more than a year.



After thorough investigation I found out that Mr Pletnev had an accident and died early this year. I have not notified the bank about his death. I only informed the bank that Mr Sergey Pletnev has been sick for a long time and has notified me that he will want the money to be transferred into his business partner's account and that once he finalizes with the business partner and sends me the necessary details I will get back to the them. Right now the bank is waiting for me to present Mr Pletnev's business associate so that they can finalize the payment. I want to present you as the business associate of Mr Pletnev so that you can claim the money. Once you accept to partner with me I send your details and bank account to the bank so that they can transfer the $12,500,000.00 into your account.  My client Sergey Pletnev gave me a Power of Attorney to act on his behalf in getting the money paid to him and the bank is aware of this, so if I present you as the beneficiary nobody will question it.


You can see the Power of attorney issued to me by Mr Pletnev which is attached to this mail. I am also attaching a copy of his Driver's license which he forwarded to me to show you how serious this business is. I will give you 30% of the money for your help in getting the money out of Reliance bank Limited.



Please get back to me immediately so that we can proceed. If you know you cannot handle this then I will ask that you do not disclose this to any living soul. Thank you for your understanding. Please contact me through my private email george.whitlock3@gmail.com. You can call my number (+447509759165) for more details


Yours in service,
Hon. Barrister George Whitlock
(PRINCIPAL PARTNER)
WHITLOCK AND PARTNERS.
PHONE: +447509759165
EMAIL: george.whitlock@whitlock-whitlock.com
whitlockandpartners@lawyer.com


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