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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: Kristy Walker <kwkristywalker@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2015 12:15:47 +0200
Subject: Mutual Benefit.

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Dear Sir,

I am Mrs.Kristy Walker,a consulting auditor.During the course of my
auditing work with my client bank late last month,I discovered an account
worth $25,400,000.00 opened in the bank in 1998 by a Foreigner, a German,
Late Mr.Andreas Schranner,who died in a plane crash.

You can check it out here.(
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm).It is because of the
perceived possibility of not being able to locate any of Late Mr. Andreas
Schranner next of kin known to the bank, according to the immigration data
available to the bank,that i contacted you to stand in as the next of kin.

I have secretly discussed this matter with a close confident attorney whom
I must involve in order to assist us produce legal back-up documents which
would substantiate claims/position of next of kin and also enable us have
a smooth and successful transfer of the fund to any foreign bank account
which you are going to nominate.

All validating and authenticating documents to enable you get this fund
will be carefully worked out. We have secured from the probate registry,an
order of Mandamus to locate any of the deceased beneficiaries and that
makes this business 100% Risk Free.

The sharing ratio after completion of transfer will be thus: 60% for me,35%
for you and 5% for expenses.Kindly indicate your interest to enable us,with
your assistance,move the fund to the banks offshore clearing houses in
Europe.

Accept my warm regards as I await your response.

Sincerely,
Mrs Kristy Walker

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