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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: "Anthony Hobson" <mrhobson28@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: mrhobson1111@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 21:00:19 +0000
Subject: Goodday/Call me,

Goodday/Call me,

I am contacting you individually for a business transaction involving
transfer GBP £30 Million and hope that you will reply back at your
convenient time for this possible business transaction.

I am currently the Auditor General, and Chairman, Audit Committee of Bank of
Scotland, with your sincere assistant and co-peration,I have determined to
work this deal with you if you can do the business.

At the moment,I am constrained to issue more details about this business
until your positive response is received.

Please take a moment of your time schedules to read this and send your
response via mrhobson2222@yahoo.co.uk or call me with this mobile number :
+44 704 571 4152 for further information concerning this transaction.


I assure you that this deal is worth taking and highly profitable.

Thank you for your time and attention.

Yours truly,
.........................
Mr. Anthony Hobson,
Auditor General,
Bank Of Scotland Plc.
Tel: +44 704 571 4152
Email: mrhobson2222@yahoo.co.uk

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