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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: "RICHARD ALMON" <rich_almon2006@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 09:13:35 +0100
Subject: MUTUAL BENEFIT

International Finance Corporation.
Carlton Park Narlborough
Leicester LE19 0AL
Tel. 44-7024066081

Hello: SIR/MADAM


My name is RICHARD ALMON ESQ the Administrative manager to the
International Finance Corporation UK. I am writing in respect of a foreign
Investment Portfolio with ID.IFC/EKF1521329BDC35 held at our treasury with
accumulated interest valued at ($ 11,820,000 USD) owned and serviced by
Mrs Joyce Lake, an American citizen, a nationality of Corte Madera,
California, who was a top Frank Howard Allen Realtors and also an avid
community volunteer and a world traveler.
On the 31st January, 2000, Mrs. Joyce Lake and her husband Ronald Lake
were involved in air-plane crash. All occupants of the Alaska Airlines
Flight 261 unfortunately lost their lives. Read more about this on
visiting this webpage:
www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list
I have made several enquiries to the United States Embassy to l! !
ocate any of her extended relatives and this has been unsuccessful, i have
also sent letters to her address in California but it was never
answered. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track her
last name over the Internet to locate any member of her family. In view
of this I got your contact through a google search on foreigners.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 6
years now, I seek your consent to present you as the Next of Kin to the
deceased since you are a foriegn person and can receive the funds on my
behalf so that the proceeds of this Investment portfolio valued at  ($
11,820,000 USD) can be paid to you for us to share 50% will be for me as
the initiator of the deal and 50% to you as my foreign partner whom
will receive the funds, Or else the funds will get confiscated or declared
unserviceable by some unscrupulous british officers at the IFC.
This is because the IFC constitution prohibits such investment
portfolio to last 7 years.
Your nationality and area of s pecialization does not matter, as all
modalities have been concluded to present you as the next of kin and
consequently, the beneficiary of the fund.
N.B: INHERITANCE is not a crime all over the world, but may be a crime
only when you did not follow the Rules of the International Law of
Inheritance. In this transaction we shall follow strictly all the rules of
the International Law of Inheritance as i have obtained all the
necessary documents from the appropriate authorities to prove her death and
that the inheritance/fund is legitimate and genuine. I will log into the
IFC treasury system at my office and key in your data as the Next of
Kin to Mrs. Joyce Lake, this means that you have all rights to the funds
and no law shall find you guilty both at local and international
because the treasury blueprints will clearly state your data as the true
beneficiary and next of kin, so this transaction is 100% risk and hitch
free. I guarantee that this will be executed under a  legitimate
arrangement that will protect you and me from any breach of the law both at
local and international.
Please note, i am the only one aware of this transaction in my office
and i have all legal documents of my late customer in my briefcase, i
want you to take this as top secret and very confidential, do not inform
any third party about this so that we can sucessfully execute this
transaction under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you and me
from any breach of the law both at local and international levels.
If you are ready to give me your full cooperation then confirm your
interest by contacting me through my personal email below, After then I
will furnish you with an adequate detail of how you shall receive the
funds on my behalf. I assure and promise you that this transaction will
be executed and concluded legally as quickly as possible.
If you are interested, please write back to my private and personal
email address below:

rich_almon2006@yahoo.co.uk

Please write back promptly. Write me back. I look forward to it.
Thanks and Regards.
God Bless you.
RICHARD ALMON ESQ
+447024066081


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