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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: "Ms. Rose Kimberley" <mk4703233@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 23:55:17 +0200
Subject: Hello my dear



--
Hello my dear,

I strongly believe that this mail must get at you by God's grace, as I
do
not know you in person and not quite sure of your current tel/fax
number
for me to be sure, but I know how I manage to get this email address
which
I used to communicate you.
However, I am sister Ms. Rose Kimberley and I am working with the
nations
Apex Bank; accounting unit/telex department Central Bank of Nigeria.
My aim of writing is not to know you as I have no interest of knowing
you
and would not like to know you unless if needs be. But I am telling you
this based on my believe as a person who does not like evil or cheating
and
would not like to be called for explanation as a result of this
information
I am giving to you.

But why am telling you this based on my believe as person who does not
like
evil or cheating and would not like to be called for explanation as a
result of this information I am giving to you below. As a
straightforward
person, I believe that any man/woman is my brother/sister according to
my
believe irrespective of where you must have come from, we are same human
being. This information is as regards to your payment in Nigeria. Now as
I
am contacting you, payments are going on to those that are aware of this
information because this information was not gazette to the public
awareness. These exercises have started for sometime now but there are a
lot of pranks some corrupt officials in the central bank that diverted
your
funds to a bank in Switzerland. From the information, the secretary of
probe panel and verification on contract and next of kin matters and the
chairman of the committee and some other officials summed up with to
divert
your funds.

This information as a result of my recent departmental research and I
called then to question but they tried to bribe me, but I refused
because I
am not a cheat. I have to inform you that your Funds interest at a tune
of
usd$14.1million was transferred into a Swiss account provided by a fake
lawyer portrayed himself to be your lawyer. I must inform you that the
officers involved are always in communication with you , so you should
stop
talking with them and do not tell them that you are waiting for the
transfer.

Since we have an evidence at hand, hereby advised you to contact the
authorized (C.B.N) security and finance company in Abuja whom are in
control of your payment and the approved lawyer attached to the security
and finance company in the name of Mr. Luke D. Carter and explain
everything to him as your file was sent to him on the 4th October, 2017
and
when contacting the lawyer quote your file reference number FR010-2017,
he
is the final stone that breaks the camels back.

My advice to you based on this information is that you should boldly
call
Mr. Luke D. Carter the lawyer at the security and finance company on his
direct email or telephone number. He is the person in charge of all the
legal clearances for this on-going payment exercise and ask him that he
should help you in making sure your fund is paid to you immediately and
do
the changes to move your funds to your original account and follow his
directives.

He might want to know how come you got his direct email, you can tell
him
anything (please, don't quote me) but insist that he should help you in
making sure your payment is done, and for more clarification or to
ensure
him that you really knows what you are saying quote the following code
no:
FGN/PMQ/CBN-X393X1TW2017 under category 'C' i.e. your code (please this
information is classified).
I believe that at the end of the day, he will ask you to forward your
payment information and bank co-ordinates to him for his processes as he
will direct you properly on how to follow up for your fund to be made to
you without further stress. If you contact him, I will know because he
must
contact my office for your information re-confirmation records. So go
ahead
and call him now and don't be afraid of him or anybody, any person apart
from him is definitely a fraud.

The Lawyer Contact:

Name: Barrister Luke D. Carter
Email: luke.carter@onet.pl

Yours sincerely,

Ms. Rose Kimberley

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