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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: "J. B" <info@summerfieldwaldorf.org>
Reply-To: jeffrebranford@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2016 15:03:52 +0300
Subject: REPLY BACK FOR DETAILS.




Good Day To You!

Please accept my sincere apologizes if my email does not meet your business=
or personal ethics. I will first introduce myself as Jeffery Branford, A s=
taff in the Card Accounts Management Section of a very well-known bank, her=
e at London United Kingdom.

One of our bank accounts here, has being with holding a current balance of =
=A31,346,150.07 (One Million, Three Hundred and Forty Six Thousand, One Hun=
dred and Fifty Great British Pounds Sterling and Point Seven Pence Only) an=
d has been DRAFTED AS DORMANT, hence, it was last operated Four (4yrs) ago.=
From my private investigations and confirmation, the owner of this said ba=
nk account, a Foreigner by name, Anthony Ludwig died on the 4th of January =
2014 in a boat accident mishap that occurred here at Birmingham, UK.

Since then, nobody has done anything as regards claiming of this money, as =
he has no traces of family member who has any knowledge as to the existence=
of either this bank account or the funds here; and also Information from o=
ur National Immigration Services here, states that he was ONLY on a single =
entry into the UK, and had proposed to establish a Real Estate Firm here at=
United Kingdom, hence the deposit of this very fund here at our bank.

I have confidently discussed this issue with some of our bank officials, al=
though, some showed interest, and some refused, but, on the contrary, we ha=
ve agreed to find a reliable foreign partner to deal with this situation. W=
e therefore propose to do this business with you, and we wish that you stan=
d in as the Next of Kin to attest to this fund, so that we can have the fun=
d and Bank Account details released to you after due processes have been fo=
llowed.

I am assuring you that this transaction is totally free of risks and troubl=
es as the fund is 100% legitimate and does not originate from drug money la=
undering, or terrorism fund or any other illegal act. =



On your interest, let us hear from you by responding to this email via my p=
rivate email address as follows:



Thanking you for accepting to do this with us, whilst I remain!



Yours Sincerely,

Jeffery Branford.


DISCLAIMER:
This message contains confidential information and is intended only for spe=
cified addressee. If you are not the named addressee you should not dissemi=
nate, distribute or copy this e-mail. The sender therefore does not accept =
liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, whic=
h arise as a result of e- mail transmission. Please note that we reserve th=
e right to monitor and read any emails sent and received under the telecomm=
unications (Lawful Business Practice) (Interception of Communications) Regu=
lations 2000.



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