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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: Rory cullinan <brandahassan@gmail.com>
Reply-To: rorycullinan@ruru.be
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2018 07:36:58 -0700
Subject: Good day

Good Day,


I am Mr Rory Cullinan Non Executive Directors at Royal Bank of Scotland.



I would respectfully request that you keep the content of this mail
confidential and respect the integrity of the information you come
across as a result of this mail. I contacted you privately and no one
is informed of this communication. I will give you the entire story
behind the Business here. I do hope you find it interesting enough in
accepting this proposal.



Sometime in 2010, a certain Engineer/contractor Mr. Max made a
numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, currently
valued at GBP4,843,000.00 (Four A Million Eight Hundred and Forty
Three Thousand Great British Pounds Sterling) in my bank. Upon
maturity, routine notifications were sent to his forwarding address
but we got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we
discovered from his contract employers, Royal Dutch Plc that Mr. Max
died alongside his longtime companion in an Auto crash.



If you are familiar with private banking practice, those who patronize
our services usually prefer anonymity, but also some levels of
detachment from conventional processes. In the deceased bio-data form,
he listed no next of kin, In the field of private banking, accounts
are rarely held under a name, depositors use numbers and codes to make
the accounts anonymous.



In this case, Mr. Max died intestate. In line with our internal
processes for account holders who have passed away, my bank conducted
a search in good faith to determine who should have right to claim the
funds.



This has for the past years been unfruitful. This sum has since been
sitting in my bank and the interest is being rolled over with the
principal sum at the end of each year. No one has been able to come
forward for it. According to the Laws of my environment (United
Kingdom), at the expiration of a given period if the said fund is not
claimed, the money will revert to the ownership of the United Kingdom
government.



The world of banking especially is fraught with huge rewards for those
who occupy certain offices and oversee certain portfolios. In this
case, I alone have the deposit details as I was the account officer to
the deceased as at the time the account Fixed deposit was made my bank
will release the deposit to no one unless evidence of relationship
with the deceased is presented. The bank's management has no single
idea of the history of the deposit. They are simply awaiting
instructions to release the deposit to the party that comes forward.
This is the situation. My bank has spent great amounts of money trying
to track this man's family.



Consequently, what I propose is that I will like you to stand in as
the next of kin to Mr Max as you both have same last name so that the
fruits of this old man's labor will not get into the hands of some
corrupt government officials. Acting in this capacity really is simple
as I will explain in detail to you when I get your response. Being
aware of this request I am making, I ask that if you find no interest
in this project that you should discard this mail. I ask that you do
not be vindictive and destructive. If my offer is of no appeal to you,
delete this message and forget I ever contacted you. You may not know
this but people like me who have made tidy sums out of comparable
situations run the whole private banking sector. I am not a criminal
and what I do, I do not find against good conscience, this may be hard
for you to understand, but the dynamics of my industry dictates that I
make this move. Such opportunities only come ones' way once in a
lifetime.



The reward for this project makes it a task well worth undertaking. I
have evaluated the risks and the only risk I have here is from you
refuse to work with me and alerting the public.



My position as the Non Executive Directors at Royal Bank of Scotland
guarantees the successful execution of this transaction. If you find
yourself able to work with me, I urge you to indicate to that effect.



In closing, please observe utmost confidentiality, and be rest assured
that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us.


Awaiting your urgent reply

phone number; +441904500766

Yours Sincerely,

Rory Cullinan

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