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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.FRANK ABBOT" <lndwlkr05@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dr_frank.abbot@outlook.com
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 21:02:06 +0500 (PKT)
Subject: Dear Friend,

DR.FRANK ABBOT
HSBC BANK PLC,
8 Canada Square
London E14 5HQ.

Dear Friend,

My name is DR.Frank Abbot I am the credit manager of HSBC BANK PLC

here in the United Kingdom. I am contacting you of a business

transfer,of a huge sum of money from a deceased account. Though I know

that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive

and worried, but I am assuring you that everything has been taken care

off, and all will be well at the end of the day.Idecided to contact

you due to the urgency of this transaction. PROPOSITION;
I am the account officer of a foreigner named Jean Gandesbery and her

husband Robert Gandesbery who died in an air crash along with his

wife on the January 31 in an Alaska airline Flight 261 with other

passengers on board. You can confirm this from the website below which

was published by CNN.WEBSITE.http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska

airlines.list/ Since his death, none of his next-of-kin are alive to

make claims for this money as his heir, because they all died in the

same accident himself and his wife (May their soul rest in peace).
We cannotrelease the fund from his account unless someone applies for

claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking

guidelines.
Upon this discovery, I now seek your permission to have you stand as a

next of kin to the deceased, as all documentations will be carefully

worked out by me for the funds US$15,300,000,00) to be released in

your favor as the beneficiary's next of kin.
Because after four years the money will be called back to the bank

treasury as unclaimed bills and the money shared amongst the directors

of the bank. so it is on this note i decided to seek for whom his

name shall be used as the next of kin/beneficiary to this funds rather

than allow the bank directors to share this money amongst themselves

at the end of the year.
It may interest you to know that we have secured from the probate an

order of mandamus to locate any of the deceased beneficiaries. Please

acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual

business endeavor by furnishing me with the following information if

you are interested.

1.A Beneficiary name.In order for me to prepare the document

fortransfer of the funds in your name.
2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers.For our personal contact and

mutual trust in each other.
I shall be compensating you with Four million dollars ($4,000,000,00)

on final conclusion of this project for your assistance, while the

balance $11,300,000 dollars shall be for me for investment purposes.
Because I intend to retire after the conclusion of this transaction.

If this proposal is acceptable by you, please endeavor to contact me

immediately. Do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed

in you, I await your urgent response
Regards,
DR.FRANK ABBOT
HSBC BANK PLC,
8 Canada Square
London E14 5HQ



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