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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: michaelstorey61@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 08:55:05 +0200
Subject: =?UTF-8?B?VkVSWSBVUkdFTlQgUkVQTFkuLi4uLiBoYXMgZm9yd2FyZGVkIGEgcGFnZSB0byA=?= =?UTF-8?B?eW91IGZyb20gQWx1bW5pVU0gLSBEZXIgQWx1bW5pLVZlcmVpbiBkZXIgV2lydHM=?= =?UTF-8?B?Y2hhZnRzd2lzc2Vuc2NoYWZ0bGVyIGF1cyBNw7xuc3Rlcg==?=





VERY URGENT REPLY..... thought you would like to see this page from the AlumniUM - Der Alumni-Verein der Wirtschaftswissenschaftler aus Münster web site.
Message from Sender:

I am Barrister Michael Storey. I am the Personal Attorney to late Mr Thomas ,who worked with shell development company .On the 31st July 2000, my client,his wife And their three children were involved in a Concorde airline crash. All occupants of the airplane unfortunately lost their lives. Since then I have made several enquirers to locate any of my clients extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.You may confirm the incident by going to this web page:

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

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over the Internet, to locate any member of his family but to no avail, hence I contacted you. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money that belongs to my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged.Particularly, the bank where the deceased had an account valued at about GBP £12.6 million pounds sterling has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated.Since i have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives over the years now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased ,so that the proceeds of this account valued at GBP £12.6 million pounds sterling can be paid to you and then we work out modalities to share the proceeds,you and i.I have the certificate of deposit that can be used to back up any claim we may make. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal work out well.I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any problems at all.Please get in touch with me by email with the following details:

Your full names,telephone and cellphone numbers,address,occupation,date of birth and marital status which will enable me prepare some documents in your name.Please reply me via my private and most secure email address: michaelstorey61@yahoo.com

Yours truly,

Barrister Michael Storey

Das neue AlumniUM.net hat seinen Schwerpunkt in der Community. Als Netzwerk der Münsteraner Wirtschaftswissenschaftler will AlumniUM viel mehr als ein Verzeichnis von verstaubten Bekanntschaften sein. In der Online-Datenbank entdecken Mitglieder Kommilitonen, alte Bekannte und mögliche Geschäftspartner und können Treffen ihrer Regionalgruppen vereinbaren.

Bleiben Sie in Kontakt! Dank der neuen Funktion haben Sie die Möglichkeit anderen Mitgliedern Nachrichten zu schicken und diese so nicht aus den Augen zu verlieren.

Werden Sie Teil des AlumniUM-NetzwerkesWenn Sie Ihre ehemaligen Freunde und Kommilitonen wiederentdeckt haben, können Sie sie in Ihre persönliche Kontaktliste aufnehmen. So bleiben Sie in Kontakt und erfahren aus erster Hand, wenn einer Ihrer Freunde einen Beitrag schreibt.


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