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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: Mrphil hodkinson <mrphilhod_602@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <mrphil_hod@myway.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 20:35:50 -0500
Subject: GOOD DAY



From: Phil HodkinsonGroup Finance Director,Treasury & Insight.HBOS United Kingdom+44 70 111 38824
Good day,
I am Mr. Phil Hodkinson, the Group Finance Director,Treasury & Insight HBOS United Kingdom. During our Bank's New Year Account Auditing, Ipersonally discovered a dormant account with a totalsum of $75,000,000.00 [SEVENTY FIVE MILLION UNITEDSTATE DOLLARS] The owner of this dormant account died on 4th Jan2002. Since the death of the deceased, nobody hasoperated in this account till date. Moreover, thisaccount has NO BENEFICIARY attached to it.
I observed that his fund will be confiscated by ourBANKING CODE OF ETHICS if it remains dormant for aperiod of [6] years without any claims.
In this regard, I earnestly need your full cooperationin transferring this dormant fund out of our bank toavoid confiscating this fund. I will split thetransfer into two 2 stages for easy and smoothtransfer.First, I will transfer $5,000,000.00 to any validforeign account you will nominate, upon a successfultransfer without any disappointment from your side; Iwill then fly to meet you in your home destination forproper sharing, thereafter we jointly transfer theremaining balance of $70,000,000.00 for greatinvestments.
If you are willing to cooperate in this project,indicate your genuine interest for further details.
Call me now and Send Reply To: mrphilhod(at)myway.com, mrphilhod@myway.com
Yours truly,Phil Hodkinson+447011138824




Good day,
I am Mr. Phil Hodkinson, the Group Finance Director,Treasury & Insight HBOS United Kingdom. During our Bank's New Year Account Auditing, Ipersonally discovered a dormant account with a totalsum of $75,000,000.00 [SEVENTY FIVE MILLION UNITEDSTATE DOLLARS] The owner of this dormant account died on 4th Jan2002. Since the death of the deceased, nobody hasoperated in this account till date. Moreover, thisaccount has NO BENEFICIARY attached to it.
I observed that his fund will be confiscated by ourBANKING CODE OF ETHICS if it remains dormant for aperiod of [6] years without any claims.
In this regard, I earnestly need your full cooperationin transferring this dormant fund out of our bank toavoid confiscating this fund. I will split thetransfer into two 2 stages for easy and smoothtransfer.First, I will transfer $5,000,000.00 to any validforeign account you will nominate, upon a successfultransfer without any disappointment from your side; Iwill then fly to meet you in your home destination forproper sharing, thereafter we jointly transfer theremaining balance of $70,000,000.00 for greatinvestments.
If you are willing to cooperate in this project,indicate your genuine interest for further details.
Call me now and Send Reply To: mrphilhod(at)myway.com, mrphilhod@myway.com
Yours truly,Phil Hodkinson+447011138824




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