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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: "Lain Foreman" <nvnvjvj@excite.com>
Reply-To: lainforeman@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 18:04:51 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: PLEASE YOU HAVE A NEW MESSAGE!!










From Mr.Lain ForemanP.O.BOX 3038,57VICTORIA STREET,LONDON SW1H,UNITED KINGDOMGreetings to you,Before I introduce myself, I wish to inform you that this letter is not a hoax mail and I urge you to treat it serious. This letter must come to you as a big surprise, but I believe it is only a day that people meet and become great friends and business partners.My name is Mr. Lain Foreman the present branch Manager of a bank here in LONDON-UK. I write you this proposal in good faith, believing that I can trust you with the information I am about to reveal to you. Like I said, I have a transaction that will benefit both of us, as your assistance is required as a foreigner.I use to head the Accounts department in NATWEST BANK PLC, LONDON-UK. head office, but last December. I was asked to take position of a Manager of our branch here in Uk who passed on, so that was how I became the present Manager and discovered a fortune.As I resumed duty,I discovered an account with total sum of
£12.500 000,000 (Twelve Million Five Hundred thousand pounds Sterling) that has not been operated on for the past 5 years. From my investigation,I found out that this account belongs to a foreigner by name MR. JOHN SHUMEJDA , who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Birmingham Airport on 4th Jan 2002, including his entire family. You shall read more news about the crash on visiting this website which I got during my investigation;http://www.cwn.org.uk/business/a-z/a/agco/2002/01/020104-air-crash.htmThe account is escrow call account, a secret type of account in my bank and no other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it,the account has no other beneficiary. I have kept a close monitoring of the account since then and nobody has come forward to ask about the money as next of kin to the late MR. JOHN SHUMEJDA, meaning that no one is aware of the account.I cannot directly take out this money without the help of a foreigner and that is why I am
contacting you for an assistance to claim the funds and share it with me. As the Manager of my bank branch,I have the power to influence the release of the funds to any foreigner that comes up as the next of kin to the account, with the correct information concerning the account, which I shall give you.I am seeking your co-operation to present you as the next of kin to the account, so that my bank head quarters will release the funds to you. There is practically no risk involved, the transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of law.I want you to know that I have had everything planned out so that we shall come out successful.I have contacted an attorney that will prepare the necessary document that will back you up as the next of kin to late Mr.JOHN SHUMEJDA.If you accept to work with me, I want you to state how you wish us to share the funds in percentage, so that both parties will be satisfied. Contact me as soon as
you receive this message if you feel we can work together, so we can go over the details with out any delay. and send the information’s belowFull Names:Age:Occupation:Nationality:Mobile Telephone:Sex:Contact me via this email addressEmail: lainforeman1@yahoo.co.ukThanking you in advance and may God bless you. Please, treat with utmost confidentiality. I wait for your urgent response.Regards,Mr.Lain Foreman



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