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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: nicholasryderoffice@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 00:40:22 -0500
Subject: Goodday

Dear Friend,

I crave your indulgence, I had to contact you. I am a Chief Executive of one of
the leading banks here in the United Kingdom. My effort on a dormant account
here led me to you as you shared same last name with the dormant account holder
. The account in question has since been idle for the past 16 years and hence
would soon be declared abandoned and the fund stands to be confiscated and
side-tracked by the government as stipulated by the law after a specific
numbers of years must have elapsed.

Daily, we see so much funds being recycled in the banking industry as abandoned
funds and as its the principle the dormant account balances goes to the Reclaim
Fund Ltd and the Big Society Capital as prescribed under The Dormant Bank and
Building Society Accounts Act passed by The UK Parliament in November 2008 to
provide a legal framework for money from dormant accounts to be released for
the benefit of society . But, these monies indirectly find their ways into
the pockets of politicians through fictitious representations.

This, i think is unprofitable. Hence, my aim is to retrieve these funds and let
it be claimed by the family lineage, etc. unfortunately all efforts towards
that end for some years now has been unsuccessful because this account holder
did not register any next of kin or relations in all his official documents
being held by our bank for this account.

A lot of customers open private accounts with different banks without the
knowledge of their families and when they die, such monies will be lost to the
bank unless someone applies for claims as beneficiary or Next of Kin.

OBJECT: To forestall a total loss since the account would soon be confiscated, I
solicit your consent to present you as the next-of-kin so that the proceeds of
the account can be paid to you for our benefit . The amount in question is a
Twenty-Six Million, Five Hundred and Sixty-Six Thousand British Pounds (26.5
M). To be shared between us; I and your kind self .

For your information, all precautions has been taken to make the transaction
process risk-free and legalized procedures shall be adopted to avoid any breach
of the law. I shall require of you to keep secret and to take all necessary
measures and precautions in order to maintain the confidential and secret
nature and character of all confidential information provided to you herein and
hereafter.

Please contact me via my private email: nicholasryderoffice@gmail.com


Thank you .

Sincerely,
Nicholas Ryder

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