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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: "Steve,Moloi" <stevemoloi@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: stevemoloi@claranet.de
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:07:32 +0200
Subject: HSBC BANK PLC


Steve,Moloi
Head of Trustee and Depository
Institutional Fund Services, Europe
HSBC Bank plc
8 Canada Square
London E14 5HQ
Email:stevemoloi@yahoo.co.uk


HSBC Bank plc annual fiscal year ended 2005/2006.As the Head of Trustee
and Depository. It was discovered that one of my bank customer,
Architect
Lee Harris, a consultant/contractor with the military relief Group, a
charity
organization to the United Nation (UN), was one of the victims of the
July
7,
2005 London Bomb Blast which led many Innocent people to their untimely
death made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit, valued at £6,500,000.00(Six
Million, Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds Sterling) for
twelve
calendar months in my Branch.

http://news.indiainfo.com/spotlight/london-bomb-blasts/

On further investigation, it also discovered that he died without
making a
WILL and Late Architect Lee Harris bank papers show that the only
persons
stated as his entitled next of kin is his only wife, who also died with
him in
the blast, so presently their is no persons to declare as the next of
kin
to
the said fund and as it stand now, No person will ever come forward to
aim it.
In accordance with the Banking Federal Laws and constitution, the
money
will revert to the ownership of the Government if nobody applies as the
next
of Kin to claim the funds within certain period.

Consequently, I shall present you as a foreign partner to stand in as
the
next of kin to late Architect Lee Harris so that you and I can benefit
om
the fruits of this old man's labor and also donate certain portion of
the
fund
to Charity.


Upon acceptance of this proposal, we shall employ the services of a
solicitor
for the drafting of the LAST WILL &TESTAMENT of Late Architect Lee
Harris
and to obtain all other relevant papers in your name for the necessary
cumentation for payment approval in my bank headquarters in your
favor.
I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement
that
will
protect you from any breach of the law.


Awaiting your urgent reply through my only private
email: stevemoloi@claranet.de
Best regards,
Steve,Moloi

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