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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: Bob Carmel <bcarmell60@gmail.com>
Reply-To: bcarmel60@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2015 08:10:34 +0800
Subject: IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Bob Carmel
Equity Research Analyst
UBS Investment bank
United Kingdom | Banking

Hello,

My name is Bob Carmel, Equity Research Analyst at UBS
investment bank London. I have decided to seek a confidential co-operation
with you in the execution of the deal described here-under for our both mutual
benefit and I hope you will keep it a top secret because of the nature of the
transaction, During the course of our bank year auditing, I discovered an
unclaimed/abandoned fund, sum total of {GBP £25 Million British Pounds
Sterling}
in the bank account that belongs to a Mexican businessman Who
unfortunately lost
his life and entire family in a plane crash.

Now our bank has been waiting for any of the relatives to come-up for
the claim
but nobody has done that. I personally has been unsuccessful in
locating any of
the relatives, now, I sincerely seek your consent to present you as
the next of
kin / Will Beneficiary to the deceased so that the proceeds of this
account valued
at {GBP £25 Million British Pounds Sterling} can be paid to you, which
we will share
in these percentages ratio, 65% to me and 35% to you. All I request is
your utmost
sincere co-operation; trust and maximum confidentiality to achieve
this project
successfully. I have carefully mapped out the moralities for execution of this
transaction under a legitimate arrangement to protect you from any
breach of the law
both in your country and here in England when the fund is being
transferred to your
bank account. I will have to provide all the relevant document that
will be requested
from UBS to indicate that you are the rightful beneficiary of this
legacy and UBS bank
will release the fund to you without any further delay, upon your
consideration and
acceptance of this offer, please send me the following information as
stated below so
we can proceed and get this fund transferred to your designated bank
account immediately.

Your Full Name:
Your Contact Address:
Your direct Mobile telephone Number:
Your Date of Birth:
Your occupation:

I await your swift response and re-assurance through my private email
address: bcarmel60@gmail.com
so we commence this transaction immediately.

Best regards,
Bob Carmel

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