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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 BENT COLE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <drbentcole@aim.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 05:55:31 +0100
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL

Hello,
Dear friend,
I am Dr. Bent Cole, auditor-general of ABBEY NATIONAL PLC.
soliciting your assistance as regards a certain floating funds which is to
the tune of Ten Million Dollar ($10,000,000.00 Dollar) in this A/C
5005874BS1011 since year 2001 and after the death of the true owner
of the funds Late Mr. Manoj Singh, an Indian who was a
private business man and unfortunately lost his life in the plane
crash of Union Transport Africaines Flight Boeing 727 in LONDON
UNITED KINGDOM on 20th September, 2003 including his wife and only
daughter.

I just came across his file again while auditing all the credit accounts
at ABBEY NATIONAL PLC and I found out that nobody has come on
behalf of the Late Mr. Manoj Singh as his next of kin to
claim the funds.

In this case I have concluded to contact you, if you are reliable to
execute this transaction with me, I will instruct you on how to lay claim
as the next of kin to the late Mr. Manoj Singh, so that the funds
could be transferred through diplomatic means to your country,
if only you can co-operate with me and not to betray me at the end.
For your information the transfer payment to apply for as the next
of kin should be Ten Million Dollar (10,000,000.00 Dollar) .
As soon as you confirm your interest and co-operation, I will give you
the guide lines on how you can transact with the bank for the
approval of the funds to your country.

As soon as everything has been put in place for the shipping I will apply
for an annual leave to obtain a visa to travel to your country for my
share of the funds and the sharing of the funds is 60% for me, 35% for
you and the remaining 5% will be for expenses incurred during and after the
transaction. As soon as the transaction is over, I will secretly destroy
all documents that will lead to the trace of this fund and go back to my
country as I have worked all my life in England.

As soon as I receive your reply through email drbentcole@aim.com I
will advise you on how to go about the transaction as well as to send you an
agreement letter that will bind the both of us together in case of any future
misunderstanding when the funds has been giving to you. I await your soonest
response. Please kindly send your full details as follows:

1) FULL NAME:
2) AGE:
3) SEX:
4) HOUSE ADDRESS:
5) YOUR MOBILE:
6) OCCUPATION:
7) COUNTRY:
8) STATE:
9) OFFICE ADDRESS:
10) ANY IDENTITY FOR PROOF
(INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT E.T.C):

Yours truly,
Dr. Bent Cole
Email Address: drbentcole@aim.com
Contact No: +44-701037783
Abbey National plc
Registered Office: Abbey National House, 2 Triton Square , Regent's Place
London, NW1 3AN, United Kingdom.
www.abbey.com

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