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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: "Bricks Male" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bricksmale001@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2015 01:50:31 -0700
Subject: Let's Handle this Project.....


Dear Sir,


I apologize for discussing this issue with you through email since we do not know each and have not met before, please kindly understand it is based on its matter of urgency and I urge you to treat with much privacy. I pray that this email reaches you in the best of health. l am Dr Bricks Male, an Attorney with with a client who was involved in the Malaysian Aircraft Boeing 777 which disappeared in March this year with 239 passengers on board.



Before his death, he had deposited with a Fiduciary under safekeeping some Millions of Dollars
. My proposal is that in my capacity as the Personal Attorney to the deceased, I will encourage you as a foreigner, to stand or step in as the Next of Kin or business partner to the deceased depositor so we can reprogram the onwership of the deposited fund in disguise it was due to be paid out to you for a business project before his disappearance. The documents covering the deposited funds are right within my control. I will present and back you up with full legal documents as the Next of Kin and business partner of the deceased for the fund in the vault account of the deceased to be processed, approved and released to you as the inheritor of his estate for us to share.





It is my interest for us to execute this opportunity so that the funds will not be confiscated and converted into the ownership of the Fiduciary, thereby enriching the fiduciary the more, so it is better we corporate as one and have the funds claimed over in your name for sharing.

Please note that, it is 100% assurance that the process will be executed or carried out under a LEGITIMATE ARRANGEMENT that will protect both of us from any breach of any law with no atom of risk for any of us. It might interest you to know that all efforts have been made by the Fiduciary to search for the Relation of the deceased but all was fruitless because they have no pre-information that he was involved in the MH370 disappearance. My position as his personal Attorney guarantees the successful execution of this (Deal) transaction. This money will be shared on agreed percentage which must be written in the agreement of personal trusteeship between two of us, once the fund is released and transferred in name to your account in your country or anywhere else.


In event you desire not to be interested, please do not fail to destroy this mail because of the confidentiality attached to this proposal. I promise that this transaction will be concluded within 10 days of our takeoff. If you are interested and wish to partner with me, contact me. On your interest to partner with me in this transaction, i will provide you more details on how we will carry out the process of the claim.



I look forward for your positive response while I shall provide you more details on the arrangement.

Thanks
Bricks Male

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