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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: "Leventis Financial Service" <leventis.service@gmail.com>
Reply-To: david_fisher2010@live.com
Date: Sun, 9 May 2010 06:57:42 -0300 (BRT)
Subject: $150,000 COMPENSATION FOR SCAMMED VICTIM


Greetings to you

SCAMMED VICTIM/ $150,000 BENEFICIARIES.
REF/PAYMENTS CODE: ECB/06654 $150,000 USD.

On behalf of the Hilary Hilary Clinton's Foundation and UNITED NATIONS, we
wish to notify you
as a beneficiary of $150,000 USD in compensation of scam victims.This is to
bring to your notice that we are delegated from the Hilary Clinton's
Foundation and
UNITED NATIONS to pay 150 victims of scam $150,000 USD (One
Hundred And Fifty Thousand Dollars) each. You are listed and approved for
this
payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount.

According to the number of applicants at hand, 114 Beneficiaries has been
paid, over a half of the victims are from the United States, we still have a
pending of 36 compensations left to be paid. Your particulars was
mentioned by one of the Syndicates who was arrested as one of their
victims of the
operations, you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this
message for any reason what so ever as the U.S. secret service is already on
trace of the other criminals. So keep it secret till they are all
apprehended.

Other victims who have not been contacted can submit their application as
well for scrutiny and possible consideration.

Do contact Royal Bank Of Scotland for verification
and release of your $150,000 USD that we have deposited with the Royal
Bank Of Scotland,
The account log on will be presented to you by the bank in order to
access the funds before releasing into your nominated bank account.

You will transfer the funds into your nominated account on-line as the
will provide the necessary information to you. Please if you are
willing to accept the funds, do contact the Managing Director of the Royal
Bank Of Scotland with the following details:

You are to fill the appropriate form and submit to the bank.
[1] Full Names:________________
[2] Contact address______________________________
[3] Direct Telephone No: ___________________
|4| Occupation : ____________________________

Managing Director of the HSBC BANK,UK
Name: MR David Fisher
E-mail, david-fisher2010@live.com
Yours Faithfully,
Dr.Caravan Marvis
Coordinator.
Hilary Clinton's Foundation AND UNITED NATIONS© 2010


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