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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: <>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 12:11:31 +0900
Subject: Attorney General's Office Ugent

AGO Attorney General's Office Tele: +441926 853650 Tele: +441926 854615 Email:jeremy.wright.mp@parliament.uk Email:jeremy.wright.mp@gmx.com Website www.jeremywrightmp.co.uk Dear friend, With warm heart I offer my friendship, and greetings, and I hope this mail meets you in good time. However strange or surprising this contact might seem to you as we have not met personally or had any dealings in the past, I humbly ask that you take due consideration of its importance and immense benefit. I duly apologize for infringing on your privacy,if this contact is not acceptable to you First and foremost I wish to introduce my self properly to you. I am Jeremy Paul Wright QC MP Attorney General for England and Wales(The Attorney General for England and Wales), a solicitor at law, personal attorney to Mr. Andreas Schranner a German property magnate and also a businessman.Here in after shall be referred to as my client., my client,his wife and their only daughter were involved in a aircrash. See the link below and read more about the aircrash news release, published by BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/859479.stm Use Google search to download the link above and you see more information about the aircrash All occupants of the Aircraft unfortunately lost their lives. Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy here to locate any of my clients extended relatives,this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts,I decided to track his last name over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the funds valued at Seventeen Million British pounds (17,000,000.00) left behind by my client before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge amount were deposited. The said bank has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have his account confiscated within the next twenty one official working days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2years now,I seek the consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased since you have the same last names, so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you. Therefore, on receipt of your positive response, we shall then discuss the sharing ratio and modalities for transfer.I have all necessary information and legal documents needed to back you up for claim. All I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through.As I will take care of all the expenses to process all legal documents that will be needed. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me for more details and clarifications. Yours Faithfully" I await your immediate response. Jeremy Paul Wright QC MP Attorney General for England and Wales. jeremy.wright.mp@gmx.com ...................................................................... UK Parliament Disclaimer: This e-mail is confidential to the intended recipient email address. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender and delete it from your system. Any unauthorized use, disclosure, or copying is not permitted. This e-mail has been checked for viruses, but no liability is accepted for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this e-mail.MinimizeClose

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