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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 Sanders" <james_7@terra.com.com>
Reply-To: james.sanders_7@terra.com
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 10:19:03 -0500
Subject: PERSONAL NEWS!!!

CHARLES STANLEY & CO LTD,
25 LUKE STREET, LONDON EC2A 4AR,
UNITED KINGDOM.

Email:james-sanders7@outlook.com
Email:james.sanders_7@terra.com

I am Mr. James Sanders, Director; Private Wealth Management, Charles
Stanley & Co Ltd, London, United Kingdom. I wish to

share a business proposition with you that deals with an investment
portfolio of my client, late Mr. Michael Hudec, a

Slovakian contractor that was based in the United Kingdom.

On May 6th, 2009, Mr. Michael Hudec deposited 8,000,000 GBP (Eight Million
British Pounds Sterling) under our Portfolio

Management scheme for a period of two (2) years. This deposit matured on
June 17th, 2011 with much significant growth which

amounted to a total of 12,500,000 GBP (Twelve Million, Five Hundred
Thousand British Pounds Sterling).

Prior to the maturity of the said deposit, we got some news that Mr.
Michael Hudec and his wife was among the passengers

aboard Air France Flight 447 that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean en route
from Rio de Janeiro Brazil to Paris, France on

June 1st, 2009, killing 216 passengers and 12 crew members

Upon maturity of this deposit, we did direct a notice to his forwarding
but without responses. After a month, another

reminder was sent from my desk and I discovered that the supposed next of
kin being his wife died along with him in the

plane crash, having no children and leaving nobody with the knowledge of
these funds behind for the claim. From our

records, no other next of kin was declared in his official paper work at
the time of this deposit and the funds

(12,500,000.00 GBP) is safely reserved in one of the high street banks
here in the United Kingdom.

The financial policy stipulates that if such money remains unclaimed for a
period of five (5) years after maturity, it

would be transferred into the Finance Treasury of Her Majesty as unclaimed
funds to aid governmental activities. There has

been no official claim on this money until date and we cannot release it
except a foreign beneficiary is appointed to make

claim.

I propose you stand in as our appointed next of kin to late Mr. Michael
Hudec to enable us succeed. Once the funds are

approved for release to your bank account, I shall visit your Country for
the disbursement process and we shall share the

proceeds in an equal percentage basis to maintain mutual satisfaction,
trust and equity. To this regard, I shall present to

you a MOU to guide and protect our interest and shares of this transaction.

All modalities had been put in place to guarantee a successful execution
of this project in a most legitimate manner. Once

we start this process, I shall secure from the probate registry an order
of mandamus in giving us authority to locate any

relative of late Mr. Michael Hudec. I consider this opportunity a golden
one that will be beneficial to both parties and do

have my confidence that your roles are safeguarded. My position with my
firm gives me some leverage and I foresee no

complications with the law.

I wish to state conclusively that this project demands your utmost
attention and trust in ensuring our ultimate goals are

achieved. It is important you respect the privacy of this information and
should you find interest, kindly get back to me

for further steps on this transaction.

Email:james-sanders7@outlook.com
Email:james.sanders_7@terra.com

With kind regards,
James Sanders.

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