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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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Fraud email example:

From: "charles clapton" <charlesclapton555@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: c.clapton@cheshiremail.com
Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 04:58:44 -0900
Subject: HELLO

From;Charles Clapton.
Independent Financial Services (UK) Ltd .
129 Wychall Rd
Northfield
Birmingham B31 3AP

Hello.


The details of my proposal are as
follows.

I work as a private independent financial adviser in Birmingham by name
Independent Financial Services (UK) Ltd.

On May 25th 2005 where I was attending a business luncheon in
Paris, France, I met Chief Mrs Stella Obasanjo ,wife of the Nigerian
President Olusegun Obasanjo , who died on the 23rd of October 2005 in a
hospital at Spain,where she under went a cosmetic surgery.Please view
this web for details of her
death.http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:y
BR8cXyFthQJ:news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4368806.stm+Mrs+Stella++Obasanjo&hl=
en

After the luncheon. we discussed about her intentions to
invest in United kingdom. Then some months later she visited London
with a
huge amount of money in cash.

I assisted her,make a cash call deposit in Nat west bank for onward
investments after six months .

She made me her portfolio manager.We also had an agreement to set the
investment portfolio.Which i did already.

At this juncture, i humbly wish to seek for your assistance to claim
the
money from the bank as the owner,now that she`is dead. I have all the
documents regarding the deposit.With the co-operation of the bank
manager
all the documents would be changed to your name.I have already
concluded
the arrangement with the bank manager.



I will be waiting to hear from you, but Please NOTE that it
is very important we keep all facts and details of this transaction to
ourselves alone,considering the nature of the transaction.

More details will be given to you ,when I finally come to see that we
both
can build up a good level of trust amongst ourselves.


Kindly forward to me the following informations.

1. Private telephone,cell and fax numbers.
2.Your full name
3. Address.

4.Age.

5.Marital status


Truly Yours .
Charles Clapton.


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