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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: Sir Gerald Mole <geraldmole44@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: geraldmolee@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 23:22:20 +1200
Subject: Re : 14-04-10

Compensation

My name is Gerald Mole. I am the director of information of Her Majesty Custom
and Revenue, London United Kingdom. Our duty is to look into transactions and
records of banks, securities companies and financial houses within Europe based
on the directive of British Prime Minister Mr Gordon Brown.We also work in
collaboration with American,Asian, African and Australian clearing houses.

During our investigation we discovered un-paid debts from different
banks and securities companies, worth over 400m pounds lying on paid with Banks
in London and that you are to be paid for an INHERITED FUND/ASSET, which
requires presentation of certain documents and payment of fees before the fund
could be released to you.View the website for moreinformation :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5171222.stm

I want to inform you that the problem you are having is from your
partners and the lawyer who is representing you,They do not reveal the reason
for the delay of your payment and the reason you should pay the money they
demand from you. My reason for contacting you is to inform you to stop payment
of any such to the lawyer or to the financial bank and securities companies as
you will notreceive your fund due to some anomalies we discovered in your
file.We are to protect your interest contact me immediately so we can advice
you on how you will receive your fund without any impediment. You are hereby
advised to maintain constant contact with me and avoid any interaction with
unscrupulous agents, partners or lawyers.

AS A MATTER OF URGENCY, PLEASE EMAIL ME AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS MESSAGE:
+4470457 17856


Respectfully,
Gerald Mole.






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