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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 Newton Barbour" <info@Barbour.com>
Reply-To: newtonbarbour33@hotmail.co.uk
Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 03:06:55 -1100
Subject: GOOD DAY

Good Day ,

Since this e-mail might came as a surprise there will be
temptation to ignore it as not serious or real but i urge
you to be open minded and bail me out before i go any
further it is proper that i introduce myself to you,I am
Newton Barbour , British and a staff of Natwest Bank plc
London.I am in the accounts department and i to get across
to you an urgent and profitable business proposal , I had
done a deep internet search and sent you my first e-mail
after a careful thought that you will be capable of
handling this transaction, carefully explained below :

The sum of ( £ 18,500,000.00 Million Pounds)has been
floating as unclaimed since 2000 in my bank as all efforts
to get across the relatives of our client who deposited the
money had hit the stones.There is this immigrant Mr.
Andreas schranner a property magnate who was based in the
U.K who happens to be one of our very good clients. On the
31st of July 2000, Mr. Andreas schranner,his wife
Maria ,their daughter Andréa eich, her husband Christian,
and their children katharina and maximilian all died in the
air France Concord plane crash bound for New York in their
plan for a world cruise.

Click on the link :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

All attempts to trace his next of kin were fruitless.My
position here at my office requires me to investigate and I
therefore made further investigations and discovered that
Mr.Andreas Schranner did not declare any next of kin or
relation in all his official documents,including his bank
deposit paperwork in my bank.According to the British Law.
The money will revert to the ownership of the British
government if nobody applies to claim the funds.

To avoid this money being sent to the British treasury as
unclaimed funds,I have decided to seek your assistance to
have you stand as his next of kin so that the said funds
( £ 18,500,000.00 million pounds),would be released in
your name as the next of kin and paid into your account.All
documents and proof that will have you claim this fund will
be forwarded to you without any stress upon your response
to this mail more soon,i want to inform you that i have
unanimously agreed to offer you ( £7.2M ) of the total sum
for the assistance and role you are going to play in this
transaction,(£2.8 M )will be given to charity organisations
in your country with your supervision while theremaining
will be for me.
Please send us your Names,Telephone No,Address and your fax
number in your reply to this business transaction .
I await for your urgent response to this email .
(newtonbarbour33@hotmail.co.uk )

Best Regards,
Mr. Newton Barbour

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