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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: "Dr. Richard Gilster" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <gilsterrich@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 15:07:47 +0100
Subject: ATTN:- URGENT FUND RELEASE NOTIFICATION!!!

*Attn Beneficary.

I hope that this correspondence is received with the urgency and the
expediency required.

I am Dr. Richard Gilster of Richard Gilster & Associates,a firm of Fund
Transfer / Assets transfer Specialists.

It has come to the notice of the Board of Trustees at the CBN that your
present inheritance claims application being handled by the Remitting Bank
in Nigeria over the years now is experiencing some man made
irregularities.To this effect,it has become necessary for the Board of
Trustees to invite trained Fund Transfer / Assets transfer Specialists from
the United States to resolve and regularize your fund release with immediate
effect and stop all further fund discrepancies.

We at Richard Gilster & Associates have been duly consulted by the CBN Board
of Trustees and have been fully informed about how the staff of the
remitting bank have been taking advantage of you by telling you to pay
unnecessary exorbitant charges which will only make your fund payment a long
drawn out process.

Due to this we have decided to step into the process of your fund transfer
to enable your funds to be transferred within the soonest possible time
without needing to pay all the huge sums of monies that are being demanded
from you by the remitting bank, you are to get back to us immediately .

All processes to have your funds paid to you immediately through the CBN's
Liaison Remittance Office in New York have been initiated to cut out
unnecessary costs.You are advised to keep this communication highly
confidential as the CBN Board of Trustees have asked us to resolve this
fund payment independent of the office of the CBN Governor to identify the
the principal participants in this unethical payment procedure.

Furthermore,you are hereby advised to pay no further fees or charges to the
Remitting Bank in Nigeria as well as any person or persons, Real or
Fictitious, prostates and institutions as they shall no longer be handling
your payment process.

We shall await your immediate correspondence with your direct telephone
numbers for re-confirmation to to my confidential email address at (gilsterrich@gmail.com)
so that we may conclude your payment immediately.

Yours Sincerely,

Dr. Richard Gilster
Richard Gilster & Associates c/o CBN.
Dr. Richard Gilster.


Statement of confidentiality: "the information in this email and in any
attachments contains confidential information and is intended solely for the
attention and use of the named addressee(s). It may not be disclosed to any
person without authorization. If you are not the intended recipient, or a
person responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient you are not
authorized to and must not disclose, copy, distribute or retain this message
or any part of it.

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