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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: rhodes henry <drhenryrhodes47@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:03:53 +0700
Subject: CAN I TRUST YOU?



Hello,Good day and how are you doing?My name is Dr.Henry Rhodes.I live in London United Kingdom,I am 51 years old and married with three children, four cats, and one dog. I am the Director of Silver Global Security& FinanceServices Limited,London (United Kingdom)

I got your information from Internet and after due consideration, I decided to contact you believing that you will not disappoint me over this transaction. I have been working with this company for over sixteen years. Within this period, I have watched with meticulous precision how AfricanHeads of State and Government functionaries have beenusing Silver Global Security & Finance Ltd to bemoving magnitudes of funds (USD, Pounds Sterling, AndFrench Francs) (cash) to their foreign partners. They bring in these consignments of cash and secretlydeclared the contents as jewelries, gold, diamonds,precious stones, and family treasures, and documentsetc. Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire (dead), Gen. SanniAbacha of Nigeria (dead), Fode Sankoy of Sierra Leone,Savimbi late President of Angola, Felix HouphetBoigny of Cote d"Ivoire (dead) Charles Taylor, FormerPresident of Liberia, please visitwebsite:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2963086.stm,Konan Bedie of Cote d"Ivoire (Abidjan) etc. All thesepeople have consignments deposited in our office.Their foreign partners, friends and relatives areclaiming most of these consignments. A lot of them are lying here unclaimed for more than two years.Nobody will ever come for them because in most cases,the Certificate of Deposit is never available toanybody except the depositors or me since most of themare dead. I have through the instrumentality of GlobalSecurity & Finance re-deposited some unclaimedoverstayed consignment and get ready to move themthrough diplomatic means to your country where it can beclaimed easily by you. Since the inception of the year2006 our company's management has changed theprocedure of claiming of consignments, as soon as youare able to produce the secret information ascontained in the secret file of any consignment, itwill be released to you upon demand. I have finalized every arrangement to move consignment Ref-no:SGSF/0016/2004/d4 Batch-no: 300047-0010-kht containing$20.5 Million. Upon your response we will arrange onhow the diplomat will convey the consignment directlyto you, everything concern this deal is risk free; Ihave taken necessary preventive measures. (The modesharing will be 60%-40%) all the documents that coversthe total funds will be handed over to you sealed bythe diplomat. Best regards.DR.Henry Rhodes.Director SGSF Ltd,(United Kingdom)Reply through my private e-mail box:drhenryrhodes_5@o2.pl
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