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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: "Johnson David" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <johnsondavidd01@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 06:25:45 -0700
Subject: URGENT LETTER OF INTENT

Mr.David Johnson
Chief Financial Officer,
Standard Chartered Bank
a division of SYNOVUS BANK
800 Shades Creek Parkway
Birmingham AL 35209.

Hello good friend,

I am Mr.David Johnson the Chief Financial Officer of

Standard Chartered Bank. I am writing you about a

business proposal that will be of an immense mutual

benefit to both of us. In my department, I discovered

a sum of 24,500,000.00 GBP (Sixteen Million Five

Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterling) in an

account that belongs to one of our foreign deceased

customers, a billionaire Business Mogul Late Mr.

Moises Saba Masri, a Jew from Mexico who was a victim

of a helicopter crash on January 10th 2010, resulting

to his death and his family members. Mr. Moises Saba

Masri was 47-years-old. Also in the chopper at the

time of the crash was his wife, their son Avraham

(Albert) his daughter-in-law. The pilot was also

dead.
You can get more information's as regards to the

crash and the death of our late customer Mr. Moises

Saba Masri on the website address:

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-

3832556,00.html
The choice of contacting you is aroused from the

geographical nature of where you live, particularly

due to the sensitivity of the transaction and the

confidentiality herein. Now our bank has been waiting

for any of the relatives to come-up for the claim but

nobody has done that. I personally have been

unsuccessful in locating the relatives. I seek your

consent to present you as the next of kin/Will

Beneficiary to the deceased so that the proceeds of

this account valued at 24,500,000.00 GBP (Sixteen

Million Five Hundred Thousand British Pounds

Sterling) can be paid to you. This will be disbursed

or shared in these percentages, 70% to me and 30% to

you.
If you wish to render your selfless service but very

rewarding, please provide me with the following

information, as we have seven (7) days to run it

through.
1. Your Full Name:
2. Your Direct Mobile Number:
3. Your Home Address:
4. Your Occupation:
5. Your Nationality:
6. Your Sex/Age:
upon your confirmation of this message and indicating

your interest, I will forward your details to the

Attorney to enable him open communication with you

and secured all the necessary legal documents that

will back up and legalize them in the court here to

prove you as the legitimate beneficiary of the funds.
All I require now is your honest Co-operation,

Confidentiality and Trust to enable us see this

transaction through. I guarantee you that this will

be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will

protect you from any breach of the law.
Having gone through a methodical search, I decided to

contact you hoping that you will find this proposal

interesting. Upon your response, I will furnish you

with more information. Endeavor to let me know your

decision rather than keep me waiting.
Thanking you in anticipation for a favorable reply.
Best Regards,
Mr.David Johnson

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