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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: "DAVID LAMBERT" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <davidlambert40@excite.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 5 May 2014 10:49:19 +0100
Subject: FOR YOUR KIND AND IMMEDIATE ATTENTION


David Lambert
Email: davidlambert40@excite.co.uk
South Quay Plaza
183 Marsh Wall
London, E14 9SR

My name is David Lambert, I am a principal assurance manager
in one of the top banks in Europe and respectfully request that
you keep the contents of this correspondence private and respect
the integrity of the information you have come by as a result of
this communication. We are conducting a standard process
investigation with respect to a deceased client and the
circumstances surrounding investments he made at the Private
Banking arm of our bank. This man died intestate and nominated
no successor in title over the investments made with the bank.
I contact you independent of our investigation and assure that
no one is informed of this communication.

I would like to intimate you with certain facts that I believe
would be of interest to you. I am prepared to place you in a
position to instruct the bank to release the deposit to you as
the closest surviving relation to the deceased. Upon receipt of
the deposit, I am prepared to share the money with you. What I
am saying is that, I will simply nominate you as the next of kin
to the deceased and have them release the deposit to you. We
shall disburse the proceeds equally i.e. 50/50. ordinarily, I
would have gone ahead to ask for the funds to be released to me,
but that would have drawn a straight line to me and my involvement
in claiming the deposit. But, you on the other hand, would easily
pass as the beneficiary with right to claim the funds. I assure
you that I could have the deposit released to you within a few
days. The amount involved is USD48,375,000.00

I am aware of the consequences of this proposal. I ask that if you
find no interest in this project that you should discard this
message. You may not know this, but people like myself who have made
tidy sums out of comparable situations, run the whole private banking
sector. I am not a criminal and what I do, I do not find against good
conscience, this may be hard for you to understand, but the dynamics
of my industry dictate that I make this move. Such opportunities only
come once in a lifetime. I cannot let this chance pass me by. If you
will not work with me, please let me know and let me move on with my
life but do not destroy me. I am a family man and this is an
opportunity to provide them with new opportunities.

There is a reward for this project and it is a task well worth
undertaking. I have evaluated the risks and the only risk I have here
is from you refusing to work with me. I am the only one who knows of
this situation, good fortune has blessed you with a name that has
planted you into the center of relevance in my life. Let’s share this
blessing. If you give me positive signals, I will initiate this
process towards a successful conclusion for our benefit. Please
contact me via the following email address: davidlambert40@excite.co.uk .


I await your response.

Respectfully,

David Lambert
Email:davidlambert40@excite.co.uk

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