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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: Geraldine Mccurry <geraldinemc@naver.com>
Reply-To: ger.mccurry@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 15:17:22 +0800
Subject: Urgent Reply

Geraldine Mccurry
Equity Research Analyst
UBS Investment bank
United Kingdom | Banking

Dear Sir/Madam,

My name is Geraldine Mccurry Equity Research Analyst at UBS investment
bank London. I have decided to seek a confidential co-operation with
you in the execution of the deal described here-under for our both
mutual benefit and I hope you will keep it a top secret because of the
nature of the transaction, During the course of our bank year
auditing, I discovered an unclaimed/abandoned fund, sum total of {GBP
£25 Million British Pounds Sterling} in the bank account that belongs
to a Mexican businessman Who unfortunately lost his life and entire
family in a plane crash.

Now our bank has been waiting for any of the relatives to come-up for
the claim but nobody has done that. I personally has been unsuccessful
in locating any of the relatives, now, I sincerely 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 {GBP £25 Million
British Pounds Sterling} can be paid to you, which we will share in
these percentages ratio, 65% to me and 35% to you. All I request is
your utmost sincere co-operation; trust and maximum confidentiality to
achieve this project successfully. I have carefully mapped out the
moralities for execution of this transaction under a legitimate
arrangement to protect you from any breach of the law both in your
country and here in England when the fund is being transferred to your
bank account. I will have to provide all the relevant document that
will be requested from UBS to indicate that you are the rightful
beneficiary of this legacy and UBS bank will release the fund to you
without any further delay, upon your consideration and acceptance of
this offer, please send me the following information as stated below
so we can proceed and get this fund transferred to your designated
bank account immediately.

-Your Full Name:
-Your Contact Address:
-Your direct Mobile telephone Number:
-Your Date of Birth:
-Your occupation:

I await your swift response and re-assurance to my email so we commence
this transaction immediately.

Best regards,
Geraldine Mccurry

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