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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: " Mr.Don Kimble" <"www.k."@vega.ocn.ne.jp>
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2017 05:31:50 +0900 (JST)
Subject: =?ISO-2022-JP?Q?Forward_your_information=1B$B!G=1B(Bs_to_the_paying_bank,?=

I am Ms.Christina Caripides, 47Years old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William and Gabriella Caripides,who died in a Plane crash on Monday the 7th of September 1998 GMT4:22 UK with my younger brother Peter Caripides while they were flying from New York to Geneva. Please see sites below.

http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/9809/swissair.victims.list/index.html

http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/queens-woman-mourns-family-article-1.808579

After the death of parents I became the Head of his investment but before the death of parents we had a plan to use the last days of our lives to donate half of what
we have worked for to the less privilege and charity homes and the other half for ourselves, family members and close friends, and it is so unfortunate that my parents
are not alive today to do this with me.

Due to the incidents it cause Hemorrhagic stroke and it affected my spinal cord and in my last check up doctors confirmed that I can no longer walk, hence I have decided to do this philanthropic work on behalf of my late parents and brother.

Presently, I have willed out almost half of our assets to several charity homes and to some of the less privilege in different countries in accordance with instructions of my later parrents to render support to an individual we have not meet before in life due to the fact when they were still
young in life they receive an anonymous help from an individual they did not know and which they have not being able to know till date, the impact they got from such gesture made me to do same to you.


With help of our family lawyer I deposited sum of $18 million to Key Bank New York. And I plead on you to use $8 million only to support the less privilege in any part of the world and use the rest $10 million yourself but remember that I have paid for ownership certificate and Clearance Certificate Fee the only money you need to send to the bank is stamp fee.

Ensure you reconfirm your address to avoid mistake, and don’t forget to indicate how you which to receive the funds, bank transfer, ATM card payment or cashiers check.

Your,
Names::...................
Home address:...................
Direct telephone number: ...........
Occupation:..........................
Copy of your Identity card:..................

Forward your information’s to the paying bank,

Mr.Don Kimble,
Chief financial officer, Key bank New York.
Address: 1 Seymour H Knox III Plaza, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA
E-mail: officead@naver.com

Yours Faithfully,
Ms.Christina Caripides
Only survived child of late William and Gabriella Caripides.

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