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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: "Mr. Machura Wladyslaw K. Wlodzimierz" <amdthoy@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 1 May 2015 15:16:52 +0100
Subject: Hello


Greetings,

My names are Mr. Machura Wladyslaw K.Wlodzimierz. I am
a national of Poland. I am a chartered fiduciary accountant in a
Spanish based bank. I decided to open up to you on this very important
and confidential issue, as I believe to have a mutual understanding with
you.

Until the 10th of January 2010, I was the personal
assistant to Mr. Moises Saba Masri, a business man from Mexico who died
on an helicopter crash on January 10, 2010. He was 47-years-old when
together with his wife, his only son Avraham (Albert) and his
daughter-in-law died in a helicopter crash in Cuajimalpa, Mexico.

Its
being 5years after Mr. Moises Saba Masri death. Recently a
finance/security company in Madrid, Spain where Mr. Moises Saba Masri
made a fixed deposit valued at US$ 17.500,000.00 (Seventeen Million,
Five Hundred thousand United States Dollars) issued an appraisal to me
saying that any form of relative whom I was able to identify in any form
can serve as the Next of Kin to late Mr. Moises Saba Masri and there
establishment shall release the deposits to him/her as a last honor to
there late deceased customer.

Standing as the personal assistant
to Late Mr. Moises Saba Masri, I am still in possession of most of his
files including this particular one as made request by the
Finance/Security company. Due to the sensitivity of these transaction
and the confidentiality herein, I cannot present myself for this claims,
hence I decided to connect with you.

Kindly get more informations regarding to the crash and the death of late Mr. Moises Saba Masri on the site web address below.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3832556,00.html?


I
have personally been unsuccessful in locating any relatives so I
decided to seek your consent so as to present you as the Next of
Kin/Will Beneficiary to the deceased so that the finance security
company will not confiscate or seize the deposit amount.

The
proceeds of this shares valued at $17.500,000.00 (Seventeen Million,
Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) will be released to you
directly. My main role in this regards is to identify you as a distant
family relative and then issue you the complimentary copies of deposit
certificate the finance/Security company issued to Late Mr. Moises Saba
Masri.

I shall release to you all the necessary proves that will
back you up in this claim as the Next of Kin Relative and after you have
recorded a success in receiving this deposit, we both will disburse and
share it in percentages 50% to you and 50% to me.

I require your
sincere honest co-operation, confidentiality, and trust to enable us
see this transaction through. I guarantee you 100% success and this
business transaction shall be executed under the ambit of law so as to
protect you and me from any breach of the contract.

Kindly provide me the following for proper identification as we have a very less time to run it through:

1. Your full Names
2. Telephone number and direct Mobile Number
3. Contact address
4. Age
5. Your Occupation and Place of Work
And any other form of information for clearer identification.


On your confirmation of this message and indicating your interest, I will furnish you with more information's.

Kindly extend your response using my private email ID for confidentiality purpose: machkry.wlod@gmail.com

Kind Regards

Mr. Machura W.K Wlodzimierz

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