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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. Black Moore" <drblackmoore@gmail.com>
Reply-To: drblackmoore001@outlook.com
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2015 22:10:34 +0100
Subject: From: Dr. Black Moore

--
I contacted you independently of our investment and no one should be
informed about this communication. I would like to intimate you with
certain facts that I believe would be of interest to you. In 2008, the
subject matter; ref: bb8fr/boa/bank/0012 came to our bank to engage in
business discussions with our Private Banking Services Department. He
(Alexandre Shepherd) informed us that he had a financial portfolio of
Twenty-one Million Three Hundred Thousand United States dollars
($21,300,000.00 USD)

I was the officer assigned to Alexandre Shepherd. I made numerous
suggestions in line with my duties as the De-facto chief operations officer
of the Private Banking Services Department. In early-2009, he asked that
the money be liquidated because he needed to make an urgent investment
requiring cash payments in Europe. He directed that I liquidate the funds
and had it deposited with a firm.

I undertook all the processes and made sure I followed his precise
instructions to the letter and had the funds deposited in a security
consultancy firm, the firm is a specialist private firm that accepts
deposits from high net worth individuals and blue chip corporations that
handle valuable products or undertake transactions that need immediate
access to cash. This small and highly private organization is familiar
especially to the highly placed and well-connected organizations.

In line with his instructions, the money was deposited. He told me he
wanted the money there in anticipation of his arrival from Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil to Charles de Gaulle International Airport in Paris, France, the
following month. This was the last communication we had and this transpired
around 24th April 2009. on the 23rd of January this year, I got a call from
the security firm informing us of the inactivity of that particular
portfolio.

This was an astounding position as far as I was concerned, given the fact
that I managed the private banking sector I'm the only one who knows about
the deposit. I made contact and finally we confirmed that he was on board
in the flight that crashed in to the Indian Ocean.

We were able to confirm via the French authorities, the body and obvious
cause of death afterwards. Please see corresponding links below for a
PRACTICAL CONFIRMATION of the story:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_447

MY PROPOSAL: There is total of Twenty-one Million Three Hundred and
Thousand United States dollars ($21,300,000.00 USD) deposited with the
security firm as I said earlier, I alone have the deposit details and they
will release the deposit to no one unless I instruct them to do so. I alone
know of the existence of this deposit for as far as this banking
institution I work for is concerned, the transaction with our deceased
customer was concluded when I sent the funds to the security firm, all
outstanding interactions in relation to the file are just customer services
and due process. They are simply awaiting instructions to release the
deposit to any party that comes forward.

My proposal is that I am prepared to place you in a position to give
instruction for the release of the deposit to you as the closest surviving
relative. I am prepared to share the money with you 50% each. I will simply
nominate you as the next of kin and have them release the deposit to you. I
assure you that they will have the deposit released to you.

If you find yourself able to work with me, contact me through my Email. If
you give me positive signals, I will initiate this process towards a
conclusion. I repeat, I do not want you contacting me through my official
phone lines nor do I want you contacting me through my bank official email
account. I do not want any direct link between you and me. My official and
private lines are not secured lines as they are periodically monitored to
assess our level of customer care in line with our Total Quality Management
Policy.

If OK, Kindly get back to me with via email for more information.

Regards
Dr. Black Moore

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