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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: MR TIM TOOKEY <priivate1@sbcglobal.net>
Reply-To: mrtimtookey@rocketmail.com
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:07:26 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Mr.Tim J.W.Tookey'''''' Its Important You Read This Mail Carefully And Respond





From: Mr.Tim J.W.Tookey
 
I wish to use this medium to get in touch with you first because
it's the fastest means. Be so kind to contact me at your earliest convenient for a
possible business transaction involving money transfer of about £34.5 Million
Pounds.
 
Let me start by introducing myself.Firstly, my full name is Tim J W Tookey the
present Finance Director to Lloyds Banking Group, United Kingdom. View my profile
for more about me:
 
http://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/about_us/directors/executive_directors.asp#timto
okey..
In one of our periodic auditing I discovered a dormant accounts with holding
balance of £34.5 Million (Thirty Four Million, Five Hundred thousand British
Pounds Sterling), which has not been operated for the past seven years. From my
investigations and confirmations, the owner of this account is a foreigner. An
American accounting consultant and a Broker by name Mr. Robert J. Gerlich 56 who
was among the dead victims of the 11th September 2001,World Trade Center attack
and since then nobody has done anything as regards the claiming of this money
because he has no family members who are aware of the existence of neither the
account nor the funds.
 
In his bio-data form, he listed no next of kin or relation. In the field of
private banking, opening an account in this way means no one will know of its
existence. Such accounts are rarely held under a name or depositors  use numbers
and codes to make the accounts anonymous. I am contacting you independently of
this audit investigation and no one is informed of this communication and I
decided to intimate you with certain facts that I believe would be of interest to
you.
 
I have secretly discussed this matter with a top senior minister official of the
federal ministry of finance here and we have agreed to find a reliable foreign
partner to deal with us although due to his position he did not want to take
active part but as soon as you follow my instructions everything will be
successfully because we will be working hand in hand with him. We thus propose to
do business with you, standing in as the next of kin of these funds  from the
deceased and after due legal processes have been followed the fund will be
released to your account without delay and we will use it for investment and to
assist the less privileged in the society because if we left the fund with the
government it will be fortified for nothing and will be used to suppress the poor
masses in the society.
 
This transaction is totally free of risk and troubles as the fund is  legitimate
and does not originate from drug, money laundry, terrorism or any other illegal
act. Finally, I am prepared to share the money with you and we share the proceeds
60% for me and 40% for you. We can fine-tune this based on our interactions and
with my position/affiliate in the bank we can get things done in a smooth way.
There is a reward for this project and it is a task well worth undertaking. This
business will be completed within 7 Banking days from the date of the receipt of
your response.
 
What I need from you now to get this business started is the detailed account
information where you want the money to be transferred so that I will apply for
the Release of the fund according to the Inheritance procedure. Even an empty
account is ok.
Please reply me always through my Private Email: {mrtimtookey@rocketmail.com}
They are as follows:
 
(1) Bank name.........................
(2) Bank address.....................
(3) Account No.......................
(4) Account name.....................
(5) Swift code if any................
(6) Routing No if any.................
(7) Your full name...................
(8) Your full residential address....
{9) Your private Tel/fax numbers......
{10} Your Country......................
{11} Your Age........................
{12} Your Occupation.................
{13} your ANNUAL INCOME..............
 
I thank you for spearing moments of your very busy schedules to read my proposal.
If you are interested send your response to my email address.
 
Thank you for your time and attention.
 
Warmest regards,
 
Mr. Tim J.W.Tookey

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