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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: Patrick Clackson <clackson7.absa@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2014 02:30:05 -0700
Subject: kindly understand and review this opportunity


Sir,
This proposal is mailed to you with clear intents and purpose; I have a
deal even though complex however advantageous. As a financial advisor to
Kathleen Magowan, who died in 2011 as a secret philanthropist and till her
death, she never married and before her death, she has series of
investments; Robert Magowan, her only brother who worked as an agent for
Prudential Insurance, was the family's financial wizard and the key to his
sister's wealth accumulation — he oversaw the stocks and bonds that she
largely ignored during her lifetime and those stocks exploded in value to
reach spectacular height today valued five million, six hundred thousand
pounds.

kindly understand and review this opportunity. The bereavement, demise of
the breadwinner and the entire family evidently shaped an ample opportunity
to gain immensely from the monetary investment made by Late Kathleen
Magowan and her brother. If we eventually establish a business relationship
as an expression of this determination, then six hundred thousand pounds is
claimable at our gainful purpose and mutual interest as partners. It is a
factual statement that One Man's Tragedy is Another Man's Marketing
Opportunity.

This money is still in the bank and the management of the bank has
instructed the beneficiary to come up or give with a letter of
authorization to any next of kin, Otherwise, they will refer the fund to
the state treasury as unclaimed funds. Thus, I propose to do business with
you in lieu to showcase the intricacies of claiming the money for our own
personal investment while stay within the law and gain mutually with no
risk exposed to your integrity; instead of loosing these funds to the bank
as unclaimed funds or deceased funds.

Please accept my apologies if I disturb your attention but you will better
appreciate my offer with this link below:
[
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/surprise--elderly-connecticut-twins-were-secret-millionaires-184208222.html?soc_src=copy
].

Please consider this offer and get back to me urgently on :
patrick.clackson@aol.com

Yours Faithfully
Patrick Clackson, ABSA Business Banking
ABSA Bank Limited, A member of Barclays Group
75 king Williams street, London EC4N 7AB
United Kingdom.

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