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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: "borisbakal2 Gazeta.pl" <borisbakal2@gazeta.pl>
Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 18:43:03 +0100
Subject: Attention


Hello,
My name is Dr. Boris Bakal, Regional Head of LloydsTSB Bank.

I am writing in respect of a German British Citizen
customer of my bank Mr. Andreas Schranner who died
together with his wife and children in a Plane crash
on Monday 31st july 2000 GMT 14:22 UK while they were
flying to New York on vacation.

Please see

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

for more information.

The late Mr. Andreas Schranner left in our bank the
sum of Eighty one million Three hundred thousand Pounds
(£81.3 million Pounds) and nobody will ever
come for this money because he died with his entire
family. I am the only person that is aware of this
money since Mr. Andreas Schranner did not give to my
bank any next of kin to inherit his money. Now, I want
to use my position in the bank to transfer this money
to your country for investment.

If you can provide me with an account where I can
transfer this (Eighty one million Three hundred thousand Pounds)
£81.3 million Pounds. I will give
you 30% of this entire fund while the remaining 60%
shall be for me, extra 10% will be for transfer
charges. I am hoping to get a favourable response from
you.

Email: borisbakal@vp.pl

Regards
Boris

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