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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: "Barrister Guildhall Fox" <barr_guildhallfox2@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 15:56:34 +0000
Subject: URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL.

GUILDHALL CHAMBERS LONDON, UK.
FROM THE DESK OF
BARRISTER GUILDHALL FOX
Phone:+44-70-3192-6189
Fax:+44-87-1243-5305


TRANSFER OF (GBP20M) TO AN OFF SHORE CORPORATE/PRIVATE BANK ACCOUNT:
_______________________________________________________________________________

Greetings to you ,

I am Barrister Guildhall Fox, Attorney to Mr. Charles.J Fletcher of
Oando oil company. I got your contact during my careful search for a
reliable partner to work with. My client (Mr. Charles Fletcher) was
sentenced to 10 years imprisonment along with his accomplices on
September 23, 2005 for illegal oil lifting in Saudi Arabia. I have
his mandate to arrange for a reliable foreign partner to negotiate
for the transfer of his (20 million British Pounds sterling only) in
a London bank to another oversea account to avoid its seizure by the
British government.

I contacted you believing you will be assistive enough and willing
to work with us in this transaction and receive the funds into your
bank account for us, please urgently get back to me at:
barr_guildhallf@yahoo.co.uk, indicating your confidential email, fax
and phone numbers so that I can brief you further on the details of
this transaction and your reward. We hope to conclude as soon as
possible on receipt of your full co-operation. On demand, you will
be forwarded a copy of Mr. Charles's proof of funds alraedy secured
from his bank immeadietly for perusals.

Expecting your kind early responds.

Regards.


Barrister Guildhall Fox.
Guildhall Chambers.

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