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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: Sun Offshore <davecoleman1@mail15.com>
Reply-To: davecoleman@mail15.com
Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2014 00:34:59 +0300
Subject: Request For Urgent Business Assistance

From The Desk of Dave Coleman
Sun Bank Offshore, Jersey (Channel Islands)

I apologize for sending you this sensitive information via e-mail
Instead of a Certified/Post-mail.

This is due to the urgency and importance of the information. I humbly
crave your attention to read this e-mail with all seriousness because
this project is based on trust, confidentiality, and sincerity in
order to achieve a goal. Although, we have not met before, but i have
every reason to believe that you are a highly respected personality,
considering the fact that i got your e- mail address through commerce
directory while searching for a reliable and reputable person that can
handle this transaction.


I am a senior manager accounts/audit in Sun Bank Offshore, (Channel
Islands) I am writing following an opportunity in my office that will
be of immense benefit to both of us. In my department, we discovered
an abandoned sum of 10.5 (Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand Pounds
Only) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers who
unfortunately lost his life on his way to the Airport. Since we got
information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin or
relatives to come forward and claim his money because we cannot
release it unless somebody applies for it as a Next of kin or relation
to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.

Unfortunately I discovered that his supposed next of kin, being his
Only daughter and wife died along with him in the auto crash leaving
nobody with the knowledge of this fund behind for claim. It is
Therefore upon this discovery that I and his account manager decided
to make business with you and release the money to you as the next of
kin or beneficiary of the funds for safety keeping and subsequent
disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we don't want the money
to go back into Government treasury as unclaimed fund. The banking
law and guidelines here stipulates that such money remained after
seven years the money will be transferred into banking treasury as
unclaimed funds.

We agreed that 40% of this money would be for you as foreign partner,
while the balance will be for my colleagues and i. I will visit your
country for disbursement according to the percentage indicated above
once the money gets into your account. Please be honest with me. To
commence this transaction, we require you to immediately indicate your
interest by a return e-mail and enclose the

Following information:

1. Your Full name.
2: Your private telephone and Fax numbers.
3. Occupations and Nationality.
4. Date of Birth.
5. Present Location.

Note this transaction is confidential and risk free. Please note that
all the necessary arrangement for the smooth release of these funds to
you will be finalized as soon as you indicate your role in this
transaction. We will discuss more in details when I receive your
response, please contact me through my private E-mail address
(davecoleman@mail15.com)

Best regards
Mr. Dave Coleman.
Senior Manager Account Audit.
Audit/Accounting Division
Sun Bank Plaza, 2-6 Church Street,
P.O. Box 12, St. Helier, Jersey JE 4 9NE
Channel Islands.

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