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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: Burness Paull <info442345@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mailbox5771@mynet.com
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2015 17:28:26 +0100
Subject: Re:Business Proposal of Mutual Benefits.

Good day,

First I apologize if my email has evaded your privacy , kindly permit
me as I have no other option than to use this quick ,although insecure
medium to present my proposition for your consideration.

I am Mr. Burness Paull"Solicitor at Law and the personal
Attorney/Sole Executor to the late Mr. Gary Vickers, hereinafter
referred to as my client;/A millionaire pilot and
Millionaire-hotel-owner, who returning from France in November 2013
from shopping died on a plane crash together with his girlfriend Miss
Clarke

The reason i am writing you is that there is an account opened in one
of the banks in the United Kingdom by my client in 2012 and no family
member knows about this account or anything concerning it before his
sudden death. In August 2013.Mr. Gary Vickers summoned me to his
office to commence his "WILL" process as if he knew he was about to
die and the"WILL" was uncompleted before his death. The family does
not know about his personal deposit of £12.7 Million as it is not
listed on the "WILL.


I seek your consent to present you as his trustee/business partner
who according to him, should for further inherit/invest the sum of
£12.7 Million which he secretly deposited in one of the banks in the
United Kingdom so that both of us can share the fund once transferred
into your account. I want us to do this before presenting the "WILL"
to his family. You shall be entitled to 40% of the total sum, while I
will take 50% while 10% is for expenses . All necessary precautions
have been taken to ensure 100% risk free situation on the side of both
parties.

I will secure the vital documents that will make you the beneficiary
of the fund to enable us claim it from the bank where the fund is
deposited. The "WILL" is with me and no member of his family has seen
the" WILL" yet and the bank where the fund is deposited is not known
to them.

If you are Interested kindly get back to me via my email, for further
discussion ..

Respectfully Yours,

Mr. Burness Paull.(LLD)

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