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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: "David Rycroft" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <internationalfinancialoffice@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2018 20:13:01 -0300
Subject: THE RELEASE OF YOUR RECOVERED MONEY.

UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION.
From Barrister David Rycroft, Legal / Admin Dept,
Attorney's on Contracts / Inheritance, Funds Recover Agency.
United Nations & European Union Collaborations-UK.
3 Whitehall Court, London SW1A 2EL,UK.
Tel: +4470-3199-5905.

Attn Beneficiary,

I am Barrister David Rycroft, Director of Attorney's on Funds Recovery
Agency in collaboration with EU & United Nations for Contract, Charity
/ Humanity funds and Inheritance payment across the globe, this is
base on the meeting held with world financial bodies, IMF, World bank,
Governments & Non-governmental agencies / human right activists, UN,
EU who came together to deliberates on the issues concerning complains
submitted by Foreigners and Contractors that are entitled to receive
their due funds and the ill treatment melted on them while pursing
their claims , which still unpaid till date and the huge amount of
their hard earn money lost in pursuit of the claim of their unpaid
funds without success. In context of such development , EU/UN sees it
right to be involved because we sees such act as misconducts/ misdeed
and ill treatment to Humanity and for this, this agency was set up
Investigate, Monitor & Recover funds that are trapped in most Bank's
and Financial Houses across the globe.

In due of our official assignment we come in contact with your payment
file, we have seize and recover the funds as well as the payment files
hence we are in contact with you. In your file we found some
irregularities and misconducts as it affects you as beneficiary, on
our arrival we have come across some few document that hurt our
imagination and we find it necessary to inquire if you are dead or
alive because in your file that contains few information about you, we
confirmed a shocking news that you had a Fatal Accident that left you
with a Broken Spinal Cord which impaired your ability to hear or
speak. We have been officially informed that you are now invalid, Deaf
and Dumb which occurred from the motor accident as confirmed by a
written Affidavit submitted by your Next of Kin /Partner Mr. Jurg
Leube and your lawyer Mr. Kenneth Augustine, that you have appointed
them to oversee your transaction and have giving Mr. Jurg Leube Power
of Attorney to claim your fund on your behalf and the fund should be
released into the bank account they have presented below.

Bank: Schaffhauser Kantonalbank
Address: CH-8201 Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Account No: 771.278.7.152 – (USD)
Iban No: CH43 0078 2007 7127 8715 2 (US-Dollars)
Bank Swift: SHKBCH2S.
Address: CH - 8212 Neuhausen Am Rheinfall, Switzerland.
Beneficiary: DEP IMMO LTD.

This information is provided to us by your Partner/ Next of Kin Mr.
Jurg Leube with your Lawyer who also submitted a Sworn Affidavit that
Mr. Jurg Leube is your Next of Kin, that you appointed them to oversee
this transaction and that your fund should be released into the bank
account they have presented in Switzerland as written above.
Furthermore, your lawyer and your Next of Kin has presented to us this
documents to portray that you have Willed your funds to him Mr. Jurg
Leube and has given him a Power of Attorney to take over your
transaction and claim your outstanding funds accordingly. As soon as
we hear from you we have other related issue which will be in your
favor for the immediate release of your funds.

In view of the sympathetic and sensible nature of this report, we
sympathize with you on your ill health condition, for this development
we obliged to confirm this story from you before taking action in
favor of your Next of Kin / Lawyer by writing you this email to know
if you are valid of health or not, or we should release your funds to
your chosen Next of Kin and funds to the bank account. Please confirm
the validity of this report and state clearly whether you are invalid,
deaf and dumb arising from your auto accident. To further convince us
that you are alive or in good health and that you are very person that
owns this fund I would prefer you email me immediately you receive
this message otherwise, we will have no other choice but to act
accordingly and release the funds to your Next of Kin Mr. Jurg Leube.

Expecting to receive your email.
Yours Faithfully,
Attorney: David Rycroft(UN).
Tel: +4470-3199-5905.

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