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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: "Dr. Andrea Orcel" <andrea.o@andreasoffice.com>
Reply-To: andrea.or@andreaoffice.com
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2015 02:20:31 +0900
Subject: Strictly Confidential

From Dr. Andrea Orcel

I am Dr. Andrea Orcel from Harlesden, North West London, here in
England.
I work for UBS Bank, London. I am writing you about a business proposal
that will be of an immense benefit to both of us. In my department,
being the Head of Investment Banking Greater London Regional Office, I
discovered an abandoned sum of £ 22.3 Great British Pounds Sterling
(Twenty Two Million, Three Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds
Sterling) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign deceased
customers, a billionaire Business Mogul Late Mr. Ron Bramlage, an
American
who was a victim of a Plane crash 7th June, 2012 resulting to his death
and his family members. Ron was 45-years-old. Also in the plane at the
time of the crash was his wife, their son and his daughter. The pilot
was also dead.

The choice of contacting you is aroused from the geographical nature of
where you live, particularly due to the sensitivity of the transaction
and the confidentiality herein. Now our bank has been waiting for any of
the relatives to come-up for the claim but nobody has done that. I
personally has been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for 5 month
now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin/Will
Beneficiary to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued
at 22.3 Million Pounds can be paid to you.

This will be disbursed or shared in these percentages, 60% to me and 40%
to you. I have secured all necessary legal documents that can be used to
back up this claim we are making. All I need is to fill-in your names to
the documents and legalize it in the court here to prove you as the
legitimate beneficiary. All I require now is your honest Co-operation,
Confidentiality and Trust to enable us see this transaction through. I
guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Please, provide me the following, as we have 7 days to run it through.
This is very URGENT PLEASE.

1. Full Name:
2. Your Direct Mobile Number:
3. Your Contact Address:
4. Your Occupation:
5. Your Nationality:
6. Your sex/Age:

Having gone through a methodical search, I decided to contact you hoping
that you will find this proposal interesting. Please on your
confirmation of this message and indicating your interest, I will
furnish you with more information. Endeavor to let me know your decision
rather than keep me waiting.

Regards,
Dr. Andrea Orcel.
Member of the UBS Group Executive Board

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