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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. Jan Groenning" <jangroenning@superposta.com>
Reply-To: mr_jangroenningg@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2013 13:24:13 -0400
Subject: Re: Solution To Your Pending Payment


My name is Mr. Jan Groenning, an external auditor with Euroclear Group. I w=
ork as part of a larger team of auditors that cover the entire United Kingd=
om. On routine audit check in July this year, I discovered a roll-over depo=
sit account bearing your name that has been dormant for Three years. The t=
otal deposit with accrued interest until it became dormant was 31,050,017.0=
0 Million United States Dollars(Thirty One Million,Fifty Thousand and Seven=
teen cent). From your account statement, your funds was shifted from the pu=
rposed paying Bank to Euroclear because of their inability to have paid at =
the agreed time.On further investigation to unravel the reason for the dorm=
ancy of the account, I discovered that the account lack proper documentatio=
n for operation.

Now banking regulation/legislation here demand that I notify the fiscal aut=
horities after a statutory period, whence dormant accounts of this type are=
called in by the financial regulatory bodies. In effect, this fund automat=
ically reverts to the state. This fact underscores my reason for writing an=
d proposing to you.

I am of the settled conviction that using my insider leverage and working w=
ith you on the outside as the sole beneficiary to the dormant account, we c=
an secure your funds in the account for us instead of letting it pass as un=
claimed funds into the coffers of the British government.

My assurance to you is based on my having assisted a customer do same thing=
when we audited Citibank February this year. I want to remind you of the s=
aying that "it is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, rat=
her it is because we do not dare that things are difficult". Secondly "dari=
ng ideas are like chess men moved forward, they may be beaten or initiate t=
he strategy for winning a game. I am giving you the 100% assurance that I c=
an assist you receive your funds on the condition that we will share the mo=
ney 50/50 when you receive it. If you accept my condition, I will inform yo=
u the method I used in assisting a customer receive her funds in a dormant =
account with Citibank February this year. Meanwhile I have filed funds rele=
ase application on your behalf so that your funds will not be included in t=
he list we shall be submitting as unclaimed funds at the end of the audit e=
xercise.I await your swift response.

Regards,
Mr. Jan Groenning

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