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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: "Dr.Franklin Noble" <franklinnoble@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: franklinnoble@live.com
Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2014 19:16:04 +0900
Subject: From Dr.Franklin Noble

From Dr.Franklin Noble




I am Dr Franklin Noble from Harlsden, North West London, here in
England. I'm working with UBS Investment Bank. I am writing you from my
office that will be of immense benefit to both of us. In my department,
the head of distressed debt research, I discovered an abandoned sum of £
15, 400.000.00 (Fifteen Million four hundred thousand pounds sterling)
in an account belonging to Mr. Stephen Richard, an American businessman
who lost their lives in a plane crash along with his entire family.


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 it. I
personally have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives since I
resumed office, 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 (Fifteen Million four hundred thousand pounds sterling ) can
be paid to you.


This will be disbursed or shared in these percentages, 60% to me and 40%
to you. I secured all necessary legal documents that can be used to back
up this claim we do. All I need is to fill in your names to the
documents and legalize it in the court here to prove you as the
legitimate beneficiary. All I need now is your honest co-operation;
Confidentiality and Trust to enable us see this transaction through. I
can guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.



Please give me the following: as we have a few days to run it through.
This is very URGENT PLEASE.

A. Full name
2 Your mobile phone number
3 Your Residential Address
4 Your age:

This information will allow me to upload data into our bank database to
reflect in the bank network system that you are the named next of kin /
will beneficiary of this fund and I will guide you on how to open
communication with the bank and make reparations for redistribution of
funds to your bank account in your country, please be aware that we have
a few days to implement this Agreement, your kind and prompt response
will be highly appreciated

Once I have received the necessary information I'll give you due process
of concluding this transaction without any delay. Please disregard this
message if you are not interested. One Passionate appeal I will make to
you is not to discuss this matter with anybody, if you have any reasons
to reject this offer, please and can destroy this message as any leakage
of this information will be too bad for me considering my position here
in the bank.


Regards,
Dr.Franklin Noble
Tel: +447035902739

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