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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. Caleb Johnson" <johnsonc@contactdepartment.biz>
Reply-To: mr.calebjohnson_net@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:38:01 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: From Mr. Caleb Johnson






Dear Friend,

 

I
am Mr. Caleb Johnson, The manager accounting / audit
department of
Nat West Bank in Harlesden,
North West London, England. I am writing you as
regards to a business proposal that will be of an immense benefit to both of
us. In my department  I discovered a sum
of £15 Million (Fifteen Million Pounds Sterling) in an account that belongs to
one of our foreign customers Late Mr. Moses Saba Masri. He was a Jewish
business mogul from Mexico that was a
victim of a helicopter crash early this year. Mr.
Saba was 47-years-old when both his wife, his only son Avraham (Albert) and his
daughter-in-law died in the helicopter crash.

 

You can get more information’s as regards to the crash and
the death of our late customer Mr. Moses Saba on the site web address below.

 http://www.5tjt.com/news/read.asp?Id=5591


 

  The choice of contacting you aroused from the geographical
nature of where you live, particularly due to the sensitivity of the
transaction and the confidentiality herein. Now our bank has been waiting for
any of the relatives to come-up for the claim but nobody has done that. I
personally have been unsuccessful in locating neither the relatives nor any
next of kin. I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin / will
beneficiary to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at 15
Million British Pounds can be paid to you.

 

This will be disbursed or shared in these percentages 60% to
me and 40% to you. I have secured all necessary legal documents that can be
used to back up this claim we are about to make. All I need is to upload your
names to the documents and legalize at the British High Court in order to prove
you the legitimate beneficiary. All I require now is your honest co-operation; confidentiality and trust to enable us see this
transaction through. I guarantee you 100 % success and that this business
transaction will be executed under the ambit of law and will also protect you
from any breach of the contract .

 

Please provide me the following as we have 7 working days to
run it through:

    

1. Your Full Name:

2. Contact Address:

3. Occupation:

 4. Position:

5. Your Sex / Age:

6. Phone Number:

7. Nationality:

Having gone through a methodical search, I decided to
contact you hoping that you will find this proposal interesting. Please on your
confirmation of this message and indicating your interest I will furnish you
with more information’s.

 

Your assent to this e-mail and business proposal will be
highly appreciated.

 

Regards,

Mr. Caleb Johnson

The manager accounting/audit department




 


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