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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: Mekus Vic <vicmekus@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2014 22:52:03 +0100
Subject: ATTENTION: INHERITANCE FUND CLAIM

Dear friend,


Compliments of the day!. I am Mr. Chris Albert. I work with one of the
reputable banks here in London, UK. I have a business proposal that I wish
to share with you. This is about the account of our late client who died
without any registered next of kin to this account. With your consent, I
would wish to present you to the bank as our late client's beneficiary next
of kin for purposes of moving this fund out of London,United Kingdom. I was
his account officer to this account before he died so I have all the
documents to this account and I am ready to provide all the legal papers
from the British court to prove you as the beneficiary next of kin to this
account If I can be assured of your ability to treat this issue with every
bit of confidentiality and maturity putting my integrity foremost.

Please listen, this is real and happens in several banks even in your
country without people knowing it. A lot of customers open private accounts
with different banks without the knowledge of their families and without
any registered next of kin. When they die, such money will be lost to the
bank unless someone comes to claim it. This is how a lot of bank directors
make so much money silently.

My colleague who was working with Halifax bank some years back had this
same opportunity. He got a partner from Korea who worked with him in the
transaction because his late client was from South Korea. Within 3 weeks
the bank released the money to his partner and today that my friend has
relocated to Korea with his family and has setup big business with his
partner.

For further directives and details,kindly provide me with your full
names,direct mobile telephone numbers,your nationality and present country
of residence and your age and occupation in your reply to this mail:
albert.chris52@yahoo.com

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