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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: paul_tony_007@mail.com
Reply-To: paul.tony.001@mail.com
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 16:07:55 +0800
Subject: Your Reply Is Needed... Dobar dan,


Good day,

Complement of the season, how are you doing today? I got your email contact from your country business directory and decided to contact you regarding this business proposal. I am Mr. Paul Tony of Investment Banking Department of Credit Suisse Bank, One Cabot Square, London E14 4QJ, United Kingdom. I am contacting you as regards to a business proposal that will be of an immense benefit to both of us.

In my department, I discovered an abandoned sum of £17.5 Million GBP (Seventeen Million Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds Sterling) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer late Mr Brodskii Nikolai, a Russian business man who was a victim of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370/MAS370) that crashed on the south of Indian Ocean on 8th March 2014 en route from Kuala Lumpur international airport to Beijing capital international airport killing everybody on board.

View the below link for the flight manifest:

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303369904579427230127866184

MR BRODSKII NIKOLAI is number 7 on the list, Since his death our Bank has been waiting for the next of kin to come up for the claim of his funds and estates valued the sum of £17.5 Million GBP but nobody has done so, I personally have been unsuccessful in locating any of his relatives. I seek your consent to present you to the Bank as the next of kin to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at £17.5 Million GBP can be paid to you.

The deal will be shared in this ratio: 55% to me and 45% to you. I have in my possession all necessary and vital documents that can be used in this deal. I need your honest co-operation, confidentiality and trust to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee you of 100% success in this deal, please be rest assured that this deal will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law both here in UK and in your country.

If you are capable of handling this deal, kindly get back to me with the following details to enable us proceed:

1. Your full name:
2. Telephone number:
3. Contact address:
4. Age:
5. Gender:
6. Occupation:
7. Your nationality:

Having gone through a methodical search, I decided to contact you hoping that you will find this proposal interesting, Please on your confirmation of this message and indicating your interest, I will furnish you with more information.

Your assent to this e-mail and business proposal will be highly appreciated.

Best Regards,
Mr. Paul Tony

........................................

Dobar dan,

Komplement sezone, kako si danas? Dobio sam svoju email kontakt s zemlja poslovni imenik i odlucio da vas kontaktiraju u vezi tog poslovnog prijedloga. Ja sam gospodin Paul Tony investicijskog odjela za bankarstvo Credit Suisse banke, jedna Cabot Square, London E14 4QJ, Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo. Obracam vam se kao odnosu na poslovni prijedlog koji ce biti od velike koristi za nas oboje.

U mom odjelu, otkrio sam jedan napušten zbroj 17,5 milijuna £ GBP (sedamnaest milijuna pet stotina tisuca Velika britanska funta) u racun koji pripada jednom od naših inozemnih kupaca kasno g Brodskii Nikolaja, ruski poslovni covjek koji je bio žrtva malezijskoj Airlines Flight 370 (MH370 / MAS370) koji se srušio na jugu indijskog oceana 8. ožujka 2014. godine na putu iz Kuala Lumpur International Airport na Beijing Capital International Airport ubijajuci svakoga na brodu.

Pogledajte ispod link za manifestu leta:

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303369904579427230127866184

MR BRODSKII Nikolaj je broj 7 na popisu, Od njegove smrti naša banka je cekala najbliži rodak da se za potraživanje svojih sredstava i imanja vrijednog zbroj 17,5 milijuna £ GBP, ali nitko nije ucinio, ja osobno bila neuspješna u locirati bilo koji od njegovih rodaka. Tražim svoj pristanak da vam predstaviti u Banku kao najbliži rodak pokojnika, tako da se sredstva iz ovog racuna u vrijednosti od 17,5 milijuna £ GBP se može izvršiti na vas.

Dogovor ce se dijeliti u ovom omjeru: 55% za mene i 45% za vas. Imam u posjedu sve potrebne i važne dokumente koji se mogu koristiti u ovaj posao. Trebam vaš iskren suradnju, povjerljivost i povjerenje nam omoguciti vidjeti kroz ovu transakciju. Jamcim ti 100% uspjeha u tom poslu, budite budite uvjereni da je ovaj posao ce biti izvršen pod legitiman dogovoru koji ce vas zaštititi od bilo kakvog kršenja zakona i ovdje u Velikoj Britaniji, a u vašoj zemlji.

Ako ste sposobni za rukovanje ovaj posao, ljubazno vratiti k meni sa sljedecim detaljima kako bi se omogucilo nam nastavak:

1. Vaše ime i prezime:
Broj 2. Telefon:
3. Kontakt adresa:
4. Starost:
5. Spol:
6. Zanimanje:
7. Vaš državljanstvo:

Nakon što je prošla kroz metodicki pretraživanje, odlucio sam vam se javiti u nadi da ce se naci ovaj prijedlog zanimljiv, molimo vas da u potvrdi ove poruke i ukazuje na svoj interes, ja cu vas opskrbiti s više informacija.

Vaš pristanak na ovu e-mail i poslovni prijedlog ce biti visoko poštovati.

Lijepi Pozdrav,
Gospodin Paul Tony

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