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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Lotto Agent" <pascal_bnp@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: pascalduf_bnp@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2006 11:58:16 -0500
Subject: PROPOSITION OFFER

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Mr. Pascal Dufrasne, Branch Manager of BNP Paribas Singapore,
Private Bank, 20 Collyer Quay Tung Centre Singapore 049319. I have
a proposition for you.

An american Oil consultant/contractor with the Singapore Solid Minerals
Corporation, {Mr.Glenn.B Hatleberg} made a numbered time (Fixed)
Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at US$15,750,000.00
(Fifteen Million, Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars) in my
branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding
address but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and
finally
we discovered from his contract employers; the Singapore Solid Minerals
Corporation, that Mr.Glenn B. Hatleberg died in a plane crash along
with his wife, Barbara Hatleberg in febuary 2000,

http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/

On further investigation, I found out that he died without making a WILL,
and all attempts to trace his next of kin have been fruitless as Mr.Glenn.B
Hatleberg did not declare any kin or relations in all his official
documents,
aside from his wife, including his Bank Deposit paper work in my Bank.

This sum of US$15,750,000.00 is still sitting in my Bank and the interest
is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No
one will ever come forward to claim it. According to Laws of Singapore, at
the expiration of 5 (five) years which is this year, the money will revert
to
the ownership of the Government if nobody applies to claim the funds.

Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand
in as the next of kin to Mr.Glenn.B Hatleberg so that the fruits of this
old man's labor will not get into the hands of some corrupt government
officials. This is simple, I will like you to provide immediately with your
full names and address so that the attorney will prepare the necessary
documents and affidavits that will put you in place as the next of kin.

We shall employ the services of an attorney for drafting and notarization
of the WILL and to obtain the necessary documents in your favor for the
transfer. A bank account in any part of the world that you will provide
will then facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the
beneficiary/next
of kin. The money will be paid into your account for us to share in the
ratio
of 80% for me and 20% for
you.

There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction will be
done
by the attorney and my position as the Branch Manager guarantees the
successful execution of this transaction. If you are interested, please
reply
immediately via the private email address below. Upon your response, I shall
then provide you with more details and relevant documents to prove the
authenticity of this transaction and this will enable you have better
understanding of my proposal.

Please send me your confidential telephone and fax numbers for easy
communication. Please observe utmost confidentiality, and be rest assured
that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I
shall require your assistance to invest my share in your country, reply me
via E-mail Address: pascalduf_bnp@yahoo.com

Best Regards,

Mr. Pascal
Dufrasne

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