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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: "Sr.Gulliver Fritsch" <sr.gulliver_fritsch18881@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: "Sr.Gulliver Fritsch" <mmmms_ds@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 19:32:43 +0900 (JST)
Subject: URGENT MAIL FROM SR.GULLIVER FRITSCH

Before I introduce myself, I wish to inform you that this letter is a
very important one and I urge you to treat it serious. This letter must come to
you as a big surprise, but I believe it is only a day that people meet and
become great friends and business partners. Please I want you to read this
letter very carefully and I must apologize for barging this message into your
mail box without any formal introduction due to the urgency and confidentiality
of this business and I know that this message will come to you as a surprise.
Please this is not a joke and I will not like you to joke with it ok, 

With due respect to
your person and much sincerity of purpose, I make this contact with you as I
believe that you can be of great assistance to me. My name is Sr. Gulliver
Fritsch, from ParisFrance. I am a telex manager in a
bank here in my country, please see this as a confidential message and do not
reveal it to another person and let me know whether you can be of assistance
regarding my proposal below because it is top secret. 

I am about to retire
from active Banking service to start a new life but I am sceptical to reveal
this particular secret to a stranger. You must assure me that everything will
be handled confidentially because we are not going to suffer again in life. It
has been 10 years now that one of the petroleum ministers deposited a huge sum
of (€25million Euros) here in a fix suspense deposit with our bank and I’m the
account holder to the late deceased.

Before I send this
message to you, I have already diverted the funds to an escrow account
belonging to no one in the bank. The bank is anxious now to know who the
beneficiary to the funds is because they have made a lot of profits with the
funds. It is more than Eight years now the minister had died and no one to
claim these very funds. The (€25million Euros) has been laying waste in our
bank and I don’t want to retire from the bank without transferring the funds to
a foreign account to enable me share the proceeds with the receiver. The money
will be shared 50/50.I only want you to assist me by providing a reliable bank
account where the funds can be transferred. 

You are not to face any
difficulties or legal implications as the director of the foreign remittance
department of the bank is a closed friend to me therefore he’ll handle the
transfer very well. If you are capable of receiving the funds, do let me know
immediately to enable me give you a detailed information on what to do. I don’t
want to miss this golden opportunity but you must keep the details of the funds
secret to avoid any leakages as no one in the bank knows about the plans. 
Please get back to me if you are
interested and capable to handle this project, I shall intimate you on what to
do when I hear from your confirmation and acceptance. If you are capable of
being my trusted associate, do declare your consent to me. I am looking forward
to hear from you immediately for further information.
Best regards. 
Sr. Gulliver
Fritsch, 
Paris-France

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