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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: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 00:39:10 -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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