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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: "RE: CONFIRM" <burkesonjsp@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ptjohnson@bestmail.us
Date: Mon, 4 May 2015 12:41:11 -0700
Subject: ASAP

Attention please,

How are you today? Hope all is well with you and your family despite your
delayed family WILL and Estate; You may not understand why this mail came
to you. Our bank directors have been having a meeting for the past 7 months
which ended few days ago with the secretary to the UNITED NATIONS in New
York, USA. On so much money deposits left in our offshore protective
accounts by owners that were feared dead through terror attacks since
September 11, 2001, car accidents and, misfortunes of plane crashes of
which, all occupants were dead.


Since your family last name was mentioned in this list, this is why we are
contacting you through this medium, as was agreed upon and signed by the
secretaries of United Nations, US states and various country Central Bank
governors to repatriate these WILL'S to family representatives alive.

Now, these families WILL deposits are up for claims and runs into millions
in dollars.
We do hereby, request your keen interest for the pay back of his deposit to
you for your family. Meanwhile; we regret every inconveniences this might
have caused your family because of this unfortunate death.


Therefore, we require your details below for Last name verification after
which, the amount will be revealed to you:

Your Last name:--------
Your first name:-------
Cell/Mobile:---------
Physical address(Not P.o.BOX):-------
Date of Birth:--------

Plz, send your reply to: ptjohnson@bestmail.us
Indicate by texting "WILL" from your cell/mobile to:- +1 (757) 774-6041

Thanks for your kind understanding of this subject matter though, bank's
term will apply on repatriation of WILL and Estate to you.

Yours faithfully
Peter Johnson
USA ZONAL PAYMENT COORDINATIOR

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