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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: "Dr Johnson Christopher" <outmail1@y7.net>
Reply-To: johnson.c@blumail.org
Date: Wed, 7 May 2014 19:56:29 +0900
Subject: Estate / Inheritance Transfer

Greetings from England

I hope you are doing great today, This is the second time am sending you
this letter, I got your email contact from a UAE business directory and
decided to contact you regarding this business proposal. Please take your
time to study this proposal, respond only if you know you can handle it.

I am Dr Christopher Johnson head of accounting audit department of credit
Suisse bank, One Cabot Square, London E14 4QJ London, I am contacting you
as regards to a business proposal that will be of an immense benefit to
both of us

In my department, I discovered an abandoned sum of £16.5 Million GBP
(sixteen million five hundred thousand pounds sterling) in an account that
belongs to one of our foreign customer late Mr Moises Saba Masri, a
business mogul from Mexico that was a victim of an helicopter crash on
10th January 2010 killing him and family members, Mr Saba was
47-years-old, also in the chopper at the time of the crash was his wife
Adela Tuachi, their son Avraham (Alberto) and his daughter-in-law Judith,
The pilot was also dead.

The choice of contacting you aroused from the geographical nature of where
you live particularly due to the sensitivity of the transaction and the
confidentiality herein. Now our bank has been waiting for any of the
relatives to come up for the claim of the inheritance fund but
unfortunately all efforts has proved abortive, I personally has been
unsuccessful in locating any of the relatives or next of kin to Mr Saba, I
seek your consent to present you as the next of kin /Will beneficiary to
the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at 16.5 Million
GBP can be paid to you.

This will be disbursed or shared in these percentages, 60% to me and 40%
to you. I have secured all necessary legal documents that can be used to
back up this claim we are about to make with the bank. All I need is to
fill in your names on the documents and legalize it in the court here to
prove you as the legitimate beneficiary. All I need is your honest
co-operation, confidentiality and trust to enable us see this transaction
through. I guarantee you of 100% success in this deal, Please be rest
assured that this deal will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect you from any breach of the law.

If you are interested in this deal, kindly reconfirm the following details
to enable us proceed:

1. your full names:
2. your private telephone numbers ( office and mobile )
3. your private Fax number:
4. your full contact address:
5. your age/gender:
6. your job/occupation:
7. your private/alternative email address
8. your nationality

Having gone through a methodical search, I decided to contact you hoping
that you will find this proposal interesting, Please on your confirmation
of this message and indicating your interest, I will furnish you with more
information. Please contact me by Phone: +447561845072 or by E-mail,
endeavor to let me know your decision rather than keeping me waiting.


Best Regards,

Dr Christopher Johnson
Head of Accounting Audit Department
Credit Suisse Bank
One Cabot Square, London E14 4QJ London
PHONE: +447561845072

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