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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: Top Finance UK <patrickchan4490@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Top Finance UK <topfinance@rocketmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 15:28:13 +0100 (BST)
Subject: FINANCIAL SERVICES AVAILABLE




 
Dear Sir


We wish to introduce our finance company to you.We are London Based financial firm that is in partnership with about 10 AA rated banks in Europe.We provides financial services to corporate bodies and individuals around the globe.


We provide the following services effectively -project finance,business finance,consultancy,provision of financial instruments from top European banks.Such instruments are:LOAN,BG,SBLC,LC,MTN,PROJECT FINANCING.


We charge 1% in every transaction successfully concluded.We receive our payment at the end of a successful conclusion of the transaction.


Contact us for more details.


Patrick Chan
Chairman & CEO
Top Finance UK
15 Dock Street
London E1 8JL
United Kingdom
Tel: +447045708632
Email:topfinance@rocketmail.com

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