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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: "Yovieara Suma Faisal" <Manager@equiposcorp.com>
Reply-To: sumafaisal.yovieara@yahoo.co.id
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 09:38:15 -0600
Subject: Please reply for more information.

From: Yovieara Suma Faisal
>From The Desk of Mr. Yovieara Suma Faisal.
Branch Manager Bank Mandiri
BANK MANDIRI Jakarta 12190 Indonesia


Good day Friend,

I am pleased to get across to you for a very urgent and profitable
business proposal, I got your e-mail address in Internet while browsing, I
decided to contact you and ask for your assistance in this urgent matter,
requiring trust and confidentiality. I am Mr. Yovieara Suma Faisal, the
Branch manager, BANK MANDIRI (INDONESIA), Married with Five children.

I am writing this letter to ask for your support and co-operation to carry
out this business opportunity in my department, On June 6, 2005, an Dutch
Senator.Willem Witteveen, made a numbered time ( fixed) deposit for twelve
calendar months, Valued at US $ 12,000,000.00 (Twelve Million United State
Dollars in my branch upon maturity. I sent a routine notification to his
forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and
finally we discovered that Senator.Willem Witteveen, died in the plane
crash On 16 July,2014, (an Malaysia Airlines Boeing Flight MH17 on 17
July.) with other passengers on board as you can confirm it yourself via
the WEBSITE below for verification

(BBC WORLD NEWS. WEBSITE)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29140593
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_17#Passengers_and_crew

Most astonishing of my discovery was that, all records bear no next of
kin, meaning no member of Senator.Willem Witteveen, family knows about the
deposit therefore, no member of his family will ever come forward to claim
the money, In order for the bank not to transfer the said sum of Twelve
Million United State Dollars ($ 12,000,000.00) as unclaimed funds to the
Indonesian treasury account, the above stated funds most be claimed
immediately by somebody standing in as late Senator.Willem Witteveen. Next
of Kin, because According to (INDONESIAN LAW), at the expiration of (5)
Five years; the money will revert to the ownership of the (INDONESIAN)
Government if nobody applies to claim the fund, This revelation is only
known to me because I was his personal account officer before I was posted
to become the branch manager, now I seek your collaboration to act as next
of kin to late Senator.Willem Witteveen, to claim the funds and move them
into useful
investments.

We shall split the cash between our self upon the confirmation of the
money into your account, I am ready to offer you 35% of the total fund and
60% for me while 5% will be set aside for any expenses might occur during
the transaction . Please note that by the virtue of my position in the
bank, I have worked out the perfect modality as well as I shall provide
the relevant information's and documents for the successful claim and
transfer of the funds in the account that will be provided by you . I
cannot stand in the forefront of this transaction because I work with the
bank, that is why I have come to you, for assistance be rest assured that
this project involve no risk to you, upon the receipt of your acceptance
mail, I Will Like you to Provide me with the Following details, to my
Private email addresses: sumafaisal.yovieara@yahoo.co.id

(1) Your Valid Direct Tel / Mobile / Fax Number.
(2) Your Full Name:
(3) Current Resident Address.
(4) Your Private E-mail Box.
(5) Your Occupation:
(6) Your Age and Sex:
(7) Your Nationality:

Then I shall furnish you with due process of concluding this transaction
without any delay. Please discard this message if you are not interested.
One Passionate appeal I will make to you is not to discuss this matter
with anybody, if you have any reasons to reject this offer, please and
please destroy this message as any Leakage of this information will be too
bad for me at my work place, as the Branch Manager BANK MANDIRI of
Indonesia.

Thanks for your kind Understanding.

Yours
Faithfully,
Mr. Yovieara Suma Faisal.
Branch Manager Bank Mandiri
Jakarta 12190 Indonesia

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