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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: "Robert Karofsky" <robert.karofsky@tutamail.com>
Reply-To: robert_karofsky@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2016 07:19:38 +0300
Subject: ATTN!

>From Mr. Robert Karofsky

I expect my letter to meet you in good health and your finest mood today,
how are you and your family doing? Please kindly forgive me for intruding
into your privacy. Can you be trusted in a financial business relationship
that will be of mutual benefit to both of us? I got your name and contact
from the International Business Information of your country with the hope
that you will be interested in what I am about to tell you.

I am Mr. Robert Karofsky from Harlesden, North West London, here in
England. I work for UBS Bank, London. I am writing you about a business
proposal that will be of an immense benefit to both of us. In my
department, being the Managing Director/Head of Equities at UBS AG Greater
London Regional Office, I discovered an abandoned sum of 22.3 Million
Great British Pounds Sterling (Twenty Two Million Three Hundred Thousand
Great British Pounds Sterling) in an account that belongs to one of our
foreign deceased customers, a billionaire Business Mogul Late Mr. Moises
Saba Masri, a Jew from Mexico who was a victim of a helicopter crash
January, 2010 resulting to his death and his family members. Saba was
47-years-old. Also in the chopper at the time of the crash was his wife,
their son Avraham (Albert) and his daughter-in-law. The pilot was also
dead.

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 that. I personally
has been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for 6 month now, 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 22.3 Million
Pounds can be paid to you.

This will be disbursed or shared in these percentages, 60% to me and 40%
to you. I have secured all necessary legal documents that can be used to
back up this claim we are making. 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 require now is your honest Co-operation,
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 the following, as we have 7 days to run it through.
This is very URGENT PLEASE.

1. Full Name:
2. Your Direct Mobile Number:
3. Your Contact Address:
4. Your Occupation:
5. Your Nationality:
6. Your sex/Age:

Having gone through a methodical search, I decided to contact you hoping
that you will find this proposal interesting. Please on your confirmation
of this message and indicating your interest will furnish you with more
information. Endeavor to let me know your decision rather than keep me
waiting.

Regards,
Mr. Robert Karofsky


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