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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: edward richard <richardedward09@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2014 23:35:00 +0100
Subject: PLEASE GET BACK TO ME IMMEDIATELY




Greetings From Mr. Richard Edward Gbadamusi.

I feel quite safe dealing with you in this important business. Though this
medium (Internet) has been greatly abused, I choose to reach you through it
because it still remains the fastest medium of communication. However, this
correspondence is private, and it should be treated in strict confidence. I
work with Sainsbury's Bank plc in Holborn, London EC1N2HT at their offshore
department, I will be happy to work this deal out with you if you have a
corporate or personal Bank Account and if you will keep TOP SECRET. During
our last periodic auditing I discovered some dormant accounts with holding
balances of Three Hundred and Twenty million US Dollars, Sometimes a person
will open a bank account, deposit money, and then disappear into the tin
air.
Banks are not always able to find out what has become of these silent
customers,
or to know whether they should follow up on requests from people who claim
to
be heirs to the accounts. The main problem is that the customer resides
abroad
and, due to bank secrecy, the bank cannot publish notices in the
international
press to locate the dePositories. This has led the majority of U.K banks to
refrain from opening small-deposit accounts for foreign customers; for fear
that they will forget that the account exists.
It has happened in the past, however, that customers pass away and their
heirs
can neither prove the death, nor their heir ship. This was a frequent
occurrence during the wartime periods, and the banks have now set up a
simple,
rapid resolution procedure operating to their customers? advantage.
Dormant assets are defined as any assets deposited with a bank (an account,
a custody account or a safety-deposit box) for which there has been no
contact
with the customer in the bank?s files for the last ten years or more.

If you believe you have claim to a U.K bank account for which the holder
(e.g. an ancestor) has not been in contact with the bank for over ten
years,
there is a fairly simple procedure to follow, depending on the date the
account was opened. This account has not been operated for the past years,
As at this moment I am constrained to issue more details about this
business
until your response is received. If you are not familiar with U.K Dormant
Accounts and profile, please take a moment of your very busy schedules to
read
about U.K dormant accounts.

If you know that you are capable to handle large or small amount on trust
and
can keep secret and ready to take 40% of any amount I transfer to your
account
from the dormant accounts and I will take 60%, send your account
information?s
by return mail. Tell me more about yourself, while I look forward to
receive
the above information. Please you can write me to my most private email
address
(edwardrichard660@gmail.com). I want to re-assure you that this business is
risk free and you can send an empty account to receive the funds, provided
that
the account is capable to receive incoming funds. Send your private mobile
phone number where I can reach you now. and let me hear from you.

Thank you for your time and attention.

Warmest regards

Mr. Richard Edward Gbadamusi.
edwardrichard660@gmail.com

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