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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: "Mr. Richard Hoar" <charlesmoritz5@excite.com>
Reply-To: richardhoar@walla.com
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 22:32:42 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: WAITING FOR YOUR URGENT REPLY.










From Mr Richard HoarP.O.Box 3038,57Victoria StreetLondon sw1h,London.I am Mr Richard Hoar from London. I want to seek your assistance after my discovery during auditing in my bank as am the Manager of Bill and Exchange at the Foreign Remittance Department of NATWEST BANK PLC. In my department I discovered an abandoned sum of £12.5 million pounds in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers Mr.Christian Eich, 57, an engineer who ran carmaker BMW's museum, his wife and two children and his wife's parents were also among.on 25th july 2000 concorde plane crash(flight AF4590)with the whole passenger's aboard. Kindly view in order to believe me honestly, visit the web site to enable you as well, below is the websitehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stmSince his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in
our banking and financial policies but unfortunately all the efforts proved abortive.It is therefore upon this discovery that I decided as the head of my department to make this business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we don't want this money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed bills.But be sure that it is real And A Genuine business as I believe in God that you will never let me down in this transaction till the fund is remitted to your norminated account while i will travell to your respective country to collect my own share of the money, and we have concluded that at the conclusion of this business,you will be offer 25% of the total amount while 60% will be for me and the rest of 15% will be for any expensess both party will incure in the process of transacting this business.Do not view this as being illegal but an opportunity for us
to help enrich our hope in life instead of the bank converting this much money to the security funds. You should not nurse any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for the smooth transfer of these funds and your acceptance is what will crown this effort. Reply through this email address richardhoar1@yahoo.co.uk for more informationRemain blessed,Mr Richard Hoar



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