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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: "NATWEST BANK PLC LONDON" <nat_westbak_plc041@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <natwestbnkplc011@uku.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 21:24:12 +0100
Subject: STATUS OF YOUR FUNDS



NATWEST BANK PLC,10 Southwark Street,London Bridge, London - UKSE1 1TTRC: 121878Our Ref:NTB/WESTMIN/INTER-07Your Ref.......
Date: 06/07/07
Attn:Dear Friend,

This is to notify you about the status of your funds right now in our desk. After due vetting and evaluation of your contract file, which The Ministry of Finance of Federal Republic of Nigeria forwarded and contracted us to see to your immediate payment.

From our findings, you have been going through hard ways by paying a lot of charges to see to the release of your fund, which has been delayed. Please, from now henceforth stop further communication with any correspondence from Nigeria.

You are not to pay any charges to receive your contract funds anymore as you have meet up with the whole requirements. Your representatives in Nigeria will tell you to still go ahead with them but on your own risk. The only thing required from you is to forward your Non-Resident Clearance certificate/Receipt to this office. The Government of Nigeria has paid us for handling/processing of your payment with other Contractors, Inheritance and Lottery Winners. As soon as we receive the above document, We shall effect your payment immediately.

Will you follow our directives, your funds will reflect in your account within seven working days from the date we receive it. Do not respond to any correspondence again but only to this Bank, if you're the real beneficiary.

Direct all message email address ID: natwestbnkplc011@uku.co.ukCongratulations in advance.

Dr. Joshua LarryPayment CoordinatorNatwest Bank Plc.London U.K

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