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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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Fraud email example:

From: "EDWIN GRANT" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <edwingrant@citromail.hu>
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2017 19:33:31 +0200
Subject: :SPAM: PLEASE TREAT AS URGENT, IF YOU CAN BE TRUSTED !

FIDELITY RELIANCE BANK PLC
40 Basinghall Street,
London, EC2V 5DE.
Good Day,
I must apologize for barging into your mail box without any formal introduction due to the urgency and confidentiality of this issue. I am Mr. Edwin Grant Director Wire Transfer with Fidelity Reliance Bank London. I discovered an abandoned sum of $27.5 million u.s. dollars in an account belonging to one of our customers whom i also double as an account officer to, Late James Balmer, A British pilot, who died alongside his wife, Jacqueline Balmer, after their small plane crashed into a mountain near the French Riviera.
I cease this medium to make it known to you that since then ,I have made several inquiries in trying to locate any of my clients extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful, hence my contact with you. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind by my client before it get confiscated or declared unserviceable by our Bank where these huge deposits was lodged. As his Account Officer, the bank issued me a notice to provide the next Of Kin to late Mr. James Balmer or have his deposit with our bank confiscated within the next ten official working days.
Since i have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives ever since the unfortunate incidence occurred, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased so that his fund left behind with the bank valued at about ($27.5 million U.S. Dollars) will be paid to your nominated bank account within the next ten (10) official working days. The reason for contacting you is because i feel you can act in the capacity of the next of kin to my deceased client, I will share the money in this ratio 50% for me,45% to you and 5% goes into any expenses this transaction might incur .
For clarity, this transaction is 100% risk free, so you have nothing to worry about, as all necessary machinery will be put in place to make sure this fund is paid to you as the legitimate beneficiary.
To commence with this transaction, I require you to immediately indicate your interest by a return e- mail and enclose your private contact telephone number, full names and address to enable me file letter of claim to the appropriate departments for necessary approvals through a trusted attorney i will be hiring on your behalf, before the transfer can be made.
Note also, this transaction must be kept STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL because of its nature. For confirmation of this transaction please refer to this site for full details of the deceased story of death:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2349427/Jacqueline-James-Balmer-died-crashing-French-mountain-Mont-Agel-low-cloud.html
All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate means that will protect you and me from any breach of the law.
I look forward to hearing from you. If seriously interested and can be trusted, then will i send you the online balance sheet of the deceased account information to access the account and I will also introduce you to the attorney who equally reside here in London, UNITED KINGDOM to issue you all the necessary document that will enable our bank release the fund to your personal account.
To be very sure of what we are doing, I would appreciate it if you reply to this email on my private email address for security reasons:
edwingrant@citromail.hu .
I will give you my direct telephone number, the moment i hear back from you.
My Best Regards
 
EDWIN GRANT
DIRECTOR FUND TRANSFER DEPARTMENT
FIDELITY RELIANCE BANK LONDON.
Email: edwingrant@citromail.hu

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