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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: FIRST DIRECT BANK {FDB} UNITED KINGDOM <mrbruceatkins@t-online.de>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 04:49:30 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: PLEASE CAREFUL READ THIS MAIL AND GET BACK TO ME!.


 FROM MR. BRUCE ATKINSDIRECTOR, INT OPERATIONSFIRST DIRECT BANK {FDB}UNITED KINGDOM

First I must solicit your confidence in this letter to you, this is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential and top secret. I contact you due to the urgency needed, as I have been reliably aware of your Discreetness and ability in transaction of this nature.
My Name is Mr. Bruce Atkins, Director, Int Operations, First Direct Bank, I came to know about you in my private search for a reliable person to handle a confidential transaction on my behalf. l write in respect of a foreign customer with Current A/C number: 05-6974-0006, who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of AF4590 which crashed on Monday,31 July, 2000,including his wife and there two children leaving nobody to claim the money.  You shall read more news about the crash by visiting this site; http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/859479.stm
The owner of this account Mr. Christian Eich a German and a great industrialist was our customer and since his death I have kept a close monitoring of his deposit records and accounts and nobody has come forward to claim the money in this A/C as next of kin to the late Mr. Christian Eich. The total amount in the account {$65.9 Million Pounds} and it is a domiciliary escrow bank account. It is only an insider, the account owner or a next of kin who has information about the account that could produce the Code or password of the deposit particulars. Also the funds can only be released to a foreigner. I am willing to share this money with you in the ratio of 60-40%. You shall have 40% of the funds and I shall share the rest with my partner at the bank. I hope this is a fair sharing?
The nature of your business is not relevant for the success of this transaction because I have taken all necessary precautions to make sure that the transaction is 100% risk free and it is believed that this transaction will be completed within seven working days. Please you must keep this transaction secret at all times until you have received the fund in your account.
If you are willing and ready to assist with this business then confirm to the following information of yours below for further proceeds
Full Name..........................Contact Address....................Date of Birth......................Occupation....................Mobile phone.......................Fax........................... .....

I wait for your urgent response.
Thanks And Best Regards.
Bruce Atkins.

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