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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: Chambers Hogarth <hogarthchambers17@yahoo.com.vn>
Reply-To: privatehogarthchamber@yahoo.com.vn
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 02:22:14 +0700 (ICT)
Subject: Proposal: Urgent Assistance Needed


Hogarth Chambers.
5 New Square
London WC2A 3RJ
Phone:+447031840416
Email: privatehogarthchamber@yahoo.com.vn

Greetings,
I am Barrister Angela Hogarth, a solicitor at law. I am the personal
attorney to Late Mr. Alexander Litvinenko, A Russian ex-Spy in London
who was poison with polonium-210 and died on the 23rd of November
2006 at the University College Hospital here in Central London.
Before his death my client made a secret and confidential confession
to me that he was poisoned by his Russian Associates.

Two weeks before his death my client handed to me a portfolio which
contents are some deposit documents with security code numbers of a
deposit worth of £9,500,000,00 British Pounds(Nine Million Five Hundred Thousand British Pounds) in a security firm which i cannot disclose to you now. As his personal Attorney i believe that his associates will be coming after me because my client
never told me why they poisoned him rather in his confession he told
me not to disclose the portfolio to his associates or any one in the
family and that i should be very careful, since his death i have not
been myself that is why i contacted you to assist me as a Foreigner,

First to claim this funds in which i will give you the security codes
and every legal backing documents to claim the funds for investment
purpose at which i will give you 40% of this funds for your
assistance and also invest with you in your country, I assure you
that there is no risk in this transaction and there will be no trace
of the transfer, please be informed that this is very confidential,
if you are interested write to me in my private email or call me.

Thank you.
Barr. Angela Hogarth

For more details please click the following link
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/12/07/uk.russia.spy/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/12/05/spycase.scaramella/index.h
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