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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: Michael Ramsey <rmichael_010@yahoo.ca>
Reply-To: ramsey@accountant.com
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:04:51 -0400
Subject: Very Important Please


Dear/Madam ,

My name is Michael Ramsey, the chief accountant of one the financial Services here in Canada.

Indeed, we do not know each other, nor have we met before and I am sure you probably have some obvious questions to ask. Like, how did I get your information etc? But the fact of the matter is I believe it is best this way. I will explain why later; for now, let me proceed to the point. I have a transaction that would benefit both of us, as your assistance is required as a foreigner.

There is account with total sum of $11,970,000 million that has not been operated on for the past 5 years. From my investigation, I found out that this account belongs to one Late Mr. Abdilahi Ahmed Abdi an International Businessman, who unfortunately lost his life in fatal accident on January 31, 2003 , including his wife and only daughter.

The account has no other beneficiary. I have kept a close monitoring of the account since then and nobody has come forward to ask about the money as next of kin to the late Mr. Abdi, meaning that no one is aware of the account. I cannot directly take out this money due to my position, that¡¯s I need help from a reliable foreigner, someone in your position. That is why I am contacting you for an assistance to claim the funds and share it with me.
As the chief accountant of this Institution, I have the power to influence a lot thing concerning the account.

I will not fail to inform you that this transaction is 100% risk free. On smooth conclusion of this transaction, you will be entitled to 40% of the total sum as gratification, while 5% will be set aside to take care of expenses that may arise during the time of transfer and also telephone bills, while 55% will be for me. Please, you have been advised to keep "top secret" as I am still in service and intend to retire from service after we conclude this deal with you.

I will explain more in detail if you are interested. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. And if you decline this proposal, please I ask that you delete this email for it is highly confidential.

Until then, I am as always with the kindest professional regards.

I await for your comply.

Sincerely

Michael Ramsey
Reply to Private email: Dear/Madam ,

My name is Michael Ramsey, the chief accountant of one the financial Services here in Canada.

Indeed, we do not know each other, nor have we met before and I am sure you probably have some obvious questions to ask. Like, how did I get your information etc? But the fact of the matter is I believe it is best this way. I will explain why later; for now, let me proceed to the point. I have a transaction that would benefit both of us, as your assistance is required as a foreigner.

There is account with total sum of $11,970,000 million that has not been operated on for the past 5 years. From my investigation, I found out that this account belongs to one Late Mr. Abdilahi Ahmed Abdi an International Businessman, who unfortunately lost his life in fatal accident on January 31, 2003 , including his wife and only daughter.

The account has no other beneficiary. I have kept a close monitoring of the account since then and nobody has come forward to ask about the money as next of kin to the late Mr. Abdi, meaning that no one is aware of the account. I cannot directly take out this money due to my position, that¡¯s I need help from a reliable foreigner, someone in your position. That is why I am contacting you for an assistance to claim the funds and share it with me.
As the chief accountant of this Institution, I have the power to influence a lot thing concerning the account.

I will not fail to inform you that this transaction is 100% risk free. On smooth conclusion of this transaction, you will be entitled to 40% of the total sum as gratification, while 5% will be set aside to take care of expenses that may arise during the time of transfer and also telephone bills, while 55% will be for me. Please, you have been advised to keep "top secret" as I am still in service and intend to retire from service after we conclude this deal with you.

I will explain more in detail if you are interested. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. And if you decline this proposal, please I ask that you delete this email for it is highly confidential.

Until then, I am as always with the kindest professional regards.

I await for your comply.

Sincerely

Michael Ramsey
Reply to Private email: ramsey@accountant.com












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