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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: Business proposal/ Partnership <r3jholdings@live.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2013 09:35:58 +0200
Subject: It's Urgent, Please Response

Greetings my friend,

It is indeed my pleasure to write you this letter, which I believe will be a surprise to you as we have never met before, and I am deeply sorry if I have in any manner disturbed your privacy. I am Mrs. Vivian Bayounger From Harlesden, North West London, here in England. I work with Santander Bank Plc London. With due respect and regards, I am writing you from my office for a transaction that will be of immense benefit for both of us.

In my department, being the Private Banking Manager (London Regional Office). I am the personal accountant to late Mr.Ron Bramlage a businessman, an American citizen who unfortunately lost his life, his wife and their four children when their small airplane crashed into a swampy area of central Florida on June 7th 2012. Mr Ron Bramlage, a prominent businessman who owned Roadside Ventures LLC and also a realestate broker, was planning to come and invest into real estate and other profitable business ventures here in England which he deposited
the total sum of £18,700,000 GBP (Eighteen million seven hundred thousand pounds) in an account here in our bank which I believe nobody knew about it.

The choice of contacting you is aroused from the geographical nature of where you live, particularly due to the sensitivity of this transaction and the confidentiality herein. Now our bank has been waiting for any of the relatives/partners to come-up for the claims of the fund the deceased person but nobody has done that yet. I personally have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives/partners.

I hereby seek your consent to present you as the next of kin/partner to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at £18,700,000 GBP (Eighteen million seven hundred thousand pounds) can be paid to you. More also I am assuring you that this business is 100% risk free. If this proposal is acceptable by you, please endeavor to reply to me immediately

I will not fail to inform you that this transaction is 100% risk free. On smooth conclusion of this transaction, you will be entitled to 40% of the total sum as gratification, while 10% will be set aside to take care of expenses that may arise during the time of transfer and also telephone bills, while 45% will be for me, while I will also like to crave your indulgence for considering 5% donations to charity homes in your country. I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up this claim we are about to make regarding this fund. All I need is to fill in your names/information to the documents and legalize it in the court here in London to prove you as the legitimate beneficiary/next of kin. All I require now is your honest co-operation, solemn 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.

Please, provide me with the following: as we have about 6-7 banking days to run it through. This is very URGENT PLEASE.
1. Full Name
2. Your Telephone Number
3. Your Contact Address.

Finally, if you have found my proposal interesting. Please on your confirmation of this message and indicating your interest, I will furnish you with more information. Endeavor to let me know your decision rather than keeping me waiting. Call me upon the receipt of the mail


Tel::+447086463216. and also reply via my private E-mail :
manager.santander@live.com <mailto:manager.santander@live.com>

Yours Faithful,
Vivian Bayounger

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