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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: "Mr.Sanchez Bruce" <alert_customer@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: sanchezbruce555@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 07:08:25 -0300
Subject: Looking Forward To Your Reply,



Dear Sir/Madam,

Naturally, this letter will come to you as a surprise since we have not met,
permit me however. It is with deep sense of honor and respect that I
humbly make
this appeal to you with the understanding that any facts or opinion
expressed in
this letter is given in confidence and solely for your personal
information and
use. I'm Afraid many things are going on now in the internet which is the only
way I think I can get this issue solved but If it does not interest you,
disregard the mail but if it makes sense to you, I open my arms wide to do
business with you. My name is Sanchez Bruce, the Auditing and
Accounting section
manager in Bank section, there is one of our customers who have made fixed
deposit of sum of (US$5.2)million for 9 years and upon maturity; I sent the
notification to his address, but no response. After few months, we sent a
reminder and finally we discovered from his business partner that he
died after
a brief illness in his country. We tried everything humanly possible to locate
his relatives or family, but all efforts failed. The deposit is still intact
with my bank and the interest is being paid into the principal sum at
the end of
each year.

The bank agrees recently that if the fund remains in the account for more
months, it will be confiscated and transferred into the Government treasury as
unclaimed funds based on the law. Hence my contact you for join hands with
honesty and truth to ensure that the fund is transferred into your
bank account
and a bank account in anywhere in the world can help the transfer. All
that will
be required of you is to contact my bank with the information I will
send you as
the next of kin or a business associate of the depositor and the fund will be
paid into a bank account you will provide. To be honest with you, this is
totally legal and 100% risk free.

But the secret must remain between you and me, I have worked with this
bank for
many years and I know all the secrets and I have carefully mapped out
my perfect
strategies to handle this operation successfully. The depositor is my close
friend before his death that is the main reason why I know much about the
existence of this fund and the depositor. We will also use some part of the
funds to help the orphanage and less privileged children in the world.

I promise you that i will take care of everything here in my country
before the
money goes into your account
If this proposal is acceptable to you, kindly email your following
information to me:

a. Full Name(s)
b. Direct phone & fax number(s)
c. Your direct email & any other information you may deem helpful.
d. Your occupation

More details will be given when i hear from you

Mr.Sanchez Bruce
TEL: +229 98629795

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