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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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Please note about this email:

Fraud email example:

From: "charles hills" <charlesaccshills@msn.com>
Reply-To: charles_hills@myway.com
Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 00:51:25 +0000
Subject: URGENT RESPOND

Dear Friend,

Greetings to you this day, I am writing you urgently for your
cooperation in an issue I need you to handle with me. My name is Mr.
Charles Hills, and I am a banker based in the United Kingdom.

I was actually helping a friend Mr. Neenus Y. Khoshaba a businessman
from the USA transfer some of his money from Iraq during the time
Islamic terrorist thugs murdered people unjustly and destroyed their
properties without any form of pity. Neenus Y. Khoshaba was an
unfortunate victim of this attack, he was Kidnapped and Murdered on May
22, 2005. More information can be found on his death if you view these
sites.

<http://www.homelandsecurityus.com/khoshaba.asp>

<http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/006293.php>

<http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=13566>

Before his death, he had traveled to England to deposit the sum of
£18,000,000.00 (Eighteen Million British Pounds) with HSBC bank which I
once worked for. These were proceeds he made secretly from various oil
deals in Iraq. I had the opportunity of knowing this because I was his
banker.

He also appealed to me to ensure that the funds were safely kept and if
anything should happen to him I should make his fiancée his next of
kin.

I made frantic effort to contact any relatives of Mr. Neenus Y.
Khoshaba for the past two months without any success, his fiancée died
of shock after hearing of his death. At this point I am contacting you
to act as the next of kin/original beneficiary to Mr. Neenus Y.
Khoshaba’s fund in the bank because the bank is planning to hold the
funds as “uncleared funds” and thus make it bank’s money since no one
has come forward to claim it.

I need you to stand as the next of kin so that the funds can be
processed in your name so that it can be transferred to your account. I
cannot do this alone neither can make claims to it myself that is why I
need your assistance.

If you agree to take up this responsibility, then I will facilitate the
process in making you the official beneficiary to the funds and you
will be required to contact the bank to instruct a transfer of the
funds to your account. I want to really appeal to you that as soon as
these funds are transferred to you, you will be trustworthy enough to
keep it safely and also to keep it confidential. If you agree to assist
me in this matter, you will definitely be entitled to 25% of the total
for your participation. Call me up on my telephone if you are
interested in this deal.
I await your reply.

Best Regards
Charles Hills
Financial Advisor
Tel: +44-703-191-6457
Fex:+44-871-247-5615
Email:charles_hills@myway.com

 

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