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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: "Carrie Reginato" <admin@bbc.com>
Reply-To: hofiansh@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2015 06:48:43 -0000
Subject: Hello Dear Friend , Important Proposal.




Hello Dear Friend ,

Please i want you to read this letter very carefully and i must apologize
for barging this message into your mail box without any formal
introduction due to the urgency and confidential of this issue and i know
that this message will come to you as a surprise, Please this is not a
joke and i will like you to treat it with utmost secrecy and seriousness.

I am Ms. Carrie Reginato , a Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing
Officer of Trust Union Bank Plc, in United States of America and United
Kingdom. I Hope that you will not expose or betray this trust and
confident that i am about to establish with you for the mutual benefit of
both of us.

As Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer, I have discovered
the sum of $10.5Million USD from the account of our deceased client Mr.
Albert Dominguez, 65,from Sydney, Australia a well known wealthy
businessman, who died in a plane crash American Airlines Flight 11: A
Boeing 767 en route from Boston to Los Angeles, on September 11, 2001.

You can view the plane crash passenger's list below:

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2001/09/11/victims-list.htm

Now, the bank officials want to divert the fund to the Government Project
Treasury Account, but i refused, and i presented your name to the bank
remittance department, and told them that you are the legal relative and
NEXT OF KIN to the deceased, and therefore i told them that you are
willing to claim the fund as you have every legal right.

I need your urgent assistance in transferring this sum sum of US
$10.5Million USD Million into your account within 7 banking days. This
money has been dormant for years in our Bank without claim since the owner
of this fund died in an air crash since September 11, 2001, and we have
made several attempts to locate the family members, but to no avail. I
want the bank to release the money to you as the nearest person to our
deceased customer while i come over to your country to share this fund
with you as soon as you confirm this fund into your account and ask me to
come over.

Please I would like you to keep this proposal as a top secret and delete
it if you are not interesting. Upon the receipt of your reply and
indication of your capability, i will give you full details on how the
business will be executed and also note that you will have 50% of the
above mentioned sum if you agree to handle this business with me while 50%
will be for me, Because i don't want anyone here in our bank to know my
involvement until you confirm this fund into your account and ask me to
come over for the sharing as i indicated. Please, don't entertain any atom
of fear because the transaction is 100% risk free and safe.

Note that, to be relation with the deceased or not will not impose or
prevent you to claim the money, the fact is that whatever information we
will present to the bank should be accurate. Be rest assured that I will
provide all the necessary information which the bank may require from you
during the process to make sure everything goes well and fast.

If you agree to assist, then provide the following details so i will
submit it immediately for quick processing and transfer of the fund to
you.

1: Full Name:
2: Full Address:
3: Occupation:
4: Age and Sex:
5: Work Place and Address:
6: Mobile and Home Telephone Numbers:
7: Country of Residence:

As soon as you provide the above required details, i will immediately
submit your file, and i will make sure that the fund is quickly processed
and transferred to you as the legal NEXT OF KIN. I will provide you with
every necessary information and legal assistance, to enable you claim the
fund successfully as the legal NEXT OF KIN. Contact me with my details as
stated below:

Name: Ms. Carrie Reginato
Private E-mail: ms.carriereginato@outlook.com

Am looking forward to hearing from you for more detail information.

Thanks with my best regards

Ms. Carrie Reginato

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