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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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Fraud email example:

From: James W Hartop <mrake01@gmail.com>
Reply-To: j.w.hartop@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 12:42:13 +0100
Subject: With best regards

Hello dear,

I am James Hartop. Managing Director/Head of Coverage and Advisory at
UBS AG, Investment Bank London UK. I have a business proposal that
will be of immense benefit to both of us. I discovered an abandoned
sum of 22.3 Million British Pounds Sterling in an account that
belonged to our foreign deceased customer, a billionaire Business
Mogul Late Mr. Moises Saba Masri, who was a victim of a helicopter
crash on January 10th 2010 resulting to his death and his entire
family members.

Mr Masri has no beneficiary and this money has been in his account for
over four years. The funds will be moved to the British Treasury and
confiscated if no beneficiary is presented by the end of the year. I
propose a partnership consent to present you as the legal beneficiary
to Mr Masri's estate so that the proceeds of his bank account can be
paid to you after taxes have been deducted.

Using my contacts in the British banking and legal sector, dedication
and team work, we can successfully transfer the inheritance fund to
your designated bank account without any breach of the law. With my
expertise in the banking sector and connections in the British legal
system, i can provide legal and financial documents that will certify
you as the legitimate beneficiary of Mr Masri’s estate.

After going through a methodical search, i decided to take the risk
and contact you hoping that you will not betray my trust or expose
this confidential information. On your confirmation of this message
and indication of interest, i will provide you with detailed
information and step by step modalities which this deal will be
successfully carried out.

With best regards

James William Hartop,
UBS AG, Investment Bank
1 Finsbury Avenue, London
EC2M 2PP, United Kingdom.
www.ubs.com



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