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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: "Mathew Schneider" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mathewschneider@bluewin.ch>
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 21:56:08 +0100
Subject: Can we work together?

Strictly Confidential

Dear Sir/Madam,

Greetings. Please accept my apologies if this request does not meet your personal ethics as it is not intended to cause you any embarrassment in what ever form. I got your contact from the internet directory and decided to contact you for this benefited transaction that is based on honesty and trust. This proposition is genuine, please do not classify it as hoax.

I am Mathew Schneider, a barrister here in Switzerland and personal attorney to Mr. Antonio Puerta, a professional Footballer from FC Seville-Spain, and after making several searches, my mind motivated me to contact only you among others.

My Client Mr. Antonio Puerta gets collapsed on 25. August 2007 when playing football and suddenly dead after rushed to hospital. Please for confirmation go through below websites.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/81004.php, http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2007/aug/28/europeanfootball.sevilla, http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/6964586.stm

Since almost 5 years i have his personal Money from his Salary, Sponsors and Commissions into our Accounts that we was keeping for him to Invest here in Switzerland for his future. Now is almost 5 years ago and there was nobody asking us for this Money.

For this reason, we are searching for a reliable Partner that we can trust, and support us in receiving this Amount of $12'230'000, 00 USD (Twelve Million Two Hundred and Thirty thousand US Dollars only) into his Account. We want to send this Money out of Switzerland urgently and we hope that you can support us?

If this proposition offends your moral values, do accept my apologies. However If you feel that you can handled this, Please feel free to contact me through my email address below, upon hearing from you,I will give you more details, information about these funds and the best possible way to move it out from here.

However, we would also discuss what benefit each of us will gain from this transaction. I believe i can trust you as reliable Partner and therefore i would like to know your capability and willingness.

Yours faithfully,

Mathew Schneider& Partners
Mathew Schneider (Esq)
Accredited Specialist
Property Law.

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