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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: "David Rowland" <rowlanddavid24@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: rowlanddavid594@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2012 11:05:01 +0200
Subject: COMPLIMENTS,



David Rowland
Adderss:14-16 Cockspur Street,St James Gate,

London - UK.
COMPLIMENTS,

TRANSFER OF $250 000.000.00. Million USD TO YOUR ACCOUNT.

I am David Rowland;Chief Auditor and Operation Manager working with
Bank Of Scotland London, there is a project at hand I will like to
have with you.This is an investment/partnership business proposal
which I believe, will be of mutual benefit to both of us.

This massage is strictly confidential and is for your attention only.I
wish to transfer the sum of $250 000.000.00. Million which belong to
Late Deceased, Christian Eich .The fund has been dormant (in- active)
for 10 years in our Bank here without anybody coming for it. I want to
release the fund to you as the nearest person to our deceased customer
Christian Eich (the owner of the account) who died a long time ago
with his supposed next of kin in air crash since on 31st July 2000.
The Bank will release the fund to you as the nearest person to the
deceased customer.

Through my investigation, I found out that nobody knows about this
account.And I’m his personal Account manager; I have with me all the
files concerning this fund. However, if you can be Honest / confidence
to me, I will detail you on how we will conclude this transaction in 7
working days; because all the necessary arrangement has been made
before I contacted you.

Note: l will secure all the legal documentation needed to process this
claim legitimately. On receipt of your reply in acceptance; we shall
then discuss other modalities regarding this entire process. 100% will
be shared between two of us, you will be given 40% of the total amount
of the money, while 60% will be my share of the total. This
proposition is entirely risk free. I will use my position as the Chief
Auditor and Operation Manager to guarantee the successful execution of
this transaction. If you are interested,Kindly contact me immediately,
Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details and
relevant documents that will help you understand this transaction well.

You can prepare agreement to bind us together with trust and send to
me, if it is ok by me I will sign then we can proceed immediately. As
you know that I contacted you as a total stranger without minding your
integrity. I will do everything within my position to ensure the
successful of this transaction, The rules governing the conduct of
British insurance companies, stipulates that any unclaimed benefits
more than 12 years must not be paid. After this period, the company
must discontinue the policy and terminate the insured ownership
benefits. All such funds are then deposited at the unclaimed property
division of British Federal Reserve. l will secure all the legal
documentation needed to process this claim legitimately. On receipt of
your reply in acceptance; we shall then discuss other modalities
regarding this entire process.

The intended transaction will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect us from any infraction of the law.
However, if this business proposition offends your moral ethics, do
accept my sincere apology. If on the contrary you wish to achieve this
goal with me, kindly get back to me with your interest for further
explanation. I contacted you for this business because the fund will
be approved and paid to any Foreigner with the correct information of
the account and the credit
balance which I will provide to you, we will share it between us after
successful completion of transfer to your account.

I wait very urgent to hear from you.
Regard's
David Rowland

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