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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: "Ms Pat Tracy" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <"Ms.Pat Tracy" <khannoufou@gmail.com>>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 14:12:21 -0800
Subject: Re : [Read]

Greetings:

Thank you very much, for getting back to me. As a matter of facts and here are more details about this claim. Note that this unclaimed life insurance policy fund belongs to one of our foreign customers (Engr Martin Wing) a Guam contractor and i was fortunate to come across this file, because his claim/file was assigned to me in 2011, during one of our official Clients forensic Audit, which is done every 5years.

Note in January last year 2012, I sent a notice, to Engr Martin Wing on the address he provided to come and receive his Premium Holiday and Start Again and Cash Back Benefits, but did not hear from him, again another reminder was sent to him August last year 2013, but i did not receive any response from him and since then nobody has done anything as regards to insurance claim.

>From my investigations, I discover that Engr Martin Wing died along with his adopted daughter in a car crash in December 2012, and since January this year i have made several inquiries to locate any of his extended relatives, but could not find any and even in Fuji Islands, where his visa application stated has families originated, but to no avail

Last week our CLAIM DEPARTMENT issued a final notice for me to contact Engr Martin Wing or his Next-of-Kin in regards to his life insurance or the fund will be paid back into the company purse as tax after profit, Its was due to this reason is why I have decided to contact you, to present you as the Next-of-Kin to Engr Martin Wing, to help claim this insurance benefit, Since it is not compulsory that the Next-of-Kin must be a blood relation, but could be anybody

This is How going to work? First, I will need you to send to me the following information stated bellow

1 Your Full Name....
2) Your Age...........................
3) Your Country.......................
4) Your full address........
5) Your Occupation....................
6) Your Personal Mobile Phone Number.........
7) Fax Number....................
8) Photo Copy of your ID or Passport and also tell me a little more about yourself.


Please those information will be use to file application letter to our CLAIM DEPARTMENT information them that My Client Next of Kin has contacted me and he will be coming forward to receive the benefit of his late Business Partner / next of kin.


Finally, as soon as i hear back from you, i will tell you the %/share i will give to you, for your help/participation and note that i will prefer we keep email communication at this stage, But i will be providing you with once off cell Nowhere can always communicate through SMS.

I hope this mail of mine will find you in sound and in good health, while i wait for your prompt response.

Regards

Ms Pat Tracy
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