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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: "Brandie K. North" <brandienorth13@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: brandienorth14@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2016 17:20:36 -0400
Subject: Hello YOUR ATTENTION.


Hello,

THIS IS FOR YOUR ATTENTION.

I am a customer representative officer in my Bank and account manager to
a deceased customer who was a contractor with a prominent oil company in
Texas. On the 21st of April 2010, our customer, his wife and their two
children were involved in auto-crash. All occupants of the vehicle
unfortunately lost their lives.

Since then,the Board of Directors of my Bank (STATE BANK OF KANSAS) have
made several inquiries to their embassy to locate any of the deceased
customer's extended relations but to no avail. Hence the need to contact
you since you share the same family name with him.

I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and Property
left behind by my client before they get Confiscated or declared
unclaimed by the bank where this Huge deposits of US$10M was lodged.

The Bank has published several Notice for the Next of Kin of the
deceased to apply for collection of this Funds or have the account
confiscated within a short Period of time.Since I have been unsuccessful
in locating the relatives for over 2 years now, I seek your consent to
present you as the Next of kin of the deceased, so that the proceeds of
this Account valued US$10 million dollars can be paid to you.

I have all legal documents that can be used to backup any claim we may
make. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable this deal
through.I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
Arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the Law. Please get
in touch with my email and send to me your Telephone and fax numbers to
enable us further about this Transaction.

Please endeavor to maintain the top secret of this transaction so as to
enable us to achieve the adequate success of this fortune.

Best regards,

Brandie K. North
Customer Rep

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