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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: Tim Tookey <mr_tookey0002@yahoo.com.hk>
Reply-To: mail2myprivate1@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:05:44 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: From Mr. Tim Tookey




Foreign Remittance Dept,Ministry Of Foreign Affairs.
Essex House HEB Plc,United Kingdom. Tel/fax:+44-7045722401

This is to officially inform you that we have verified your contract/inheritance
fund file and found out that you have not received your fund of £15,350.000.00M,
kindly forward your full information and indicate whether you will receive it
via ATM CARD(Titanium Visa) or Bank to Bank ONLINE TRANSFER.

Thanks,as i await your urgent response.
Best Regards,
Mr. Tim Tookey

Foreign Remittance
Dept,Ministry Of Foreign Affairs
HEB Plc, London.



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