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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: "Anthony Hobson" <thobson8@gala.net>
Reply-To: thobson1947@rocketmail.com
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 17:27:14 +0200
Subject: Business Offer/Call Me


Dear Sir/Madam,

I wish to contact you personally for a business transaction of GBP
£30,000,000 (Thirty Million British Pounds Sterling) hopefully that you will
respond positively to this offer.

I need a reliable, honest and capable person who will be able to handle this
transaction hence I am contacting you, and I believe that you will never
turn down my request. I am the Auditor General and Chairman of the Audit
Committee, Halifax Bank of Scotland, United Kingdom.

With your sincere assistant and co-operation, we can finalise this
transaction, and be rest assured that this deal is worth taking and highly
profitable.

At this moment, I will not issue the details of this transaction until your
positive response is granted.


For further correspondence regarding this business proposal, send your
response to thobson03@rocketmail.com for more details or ring me on +447 04
578 4271 for further discussion on this.

Thanks for your attention.

Kind regards.

Anthony Hobson
Chairman
Audit Committee
Bank of Scotland Plc
HBOS Plc
Cell: +447 04 578 4271
Email: thobson03@rocketmail.com

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