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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Clarke" <mrclarke600@yahoo.com.vn>
Reply-To: mrclarkes@voila.fr
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 04:12:47 +0700 (ICT)
Subject: Please Contact Me Urgently.......From Mr Clarke


Barclays Bank Plc,
1 Churchill Place,
E145HP.London.

I seek your consent in this private and confidential matter regarding some funds unaccounted for in our bank here in London, during the last 2006 business year.I feel quite safe dealing with you in this important business.Although,the internet has been greatly abused, I choose to reach you through it because it still remains the fastest medium of communication, though we will meet,but for now i have the courage to look for a reliable and honest person who will be capable for this important business.

I am Mr.Solomon Clarke the Head of Investigation Department with Barclays Bank London,I am married with five lovely kids.It is my duty as the Head Of
Investigation to send in financial report to my head office in the capital city at the end of each business year. On the course of last years 2006 business report, I discovered the sum of Twenty six million eight hundred and fifty thousand pounds starlings 26,850,000.00. The fund is of clean origin. The owner of this account is a foreigner, a program leader until his death.
I will provide all necessary information needed in order to claim this money. Hoping in God that you will never let me down now and in future. ok!

I am seeking for your co-operation to present you to my bank as the next of kin/beneficiary of The Late Prime Minister, Mr.Rafik Bahaa Edine Hariri,a Lebanese self-made billionaire and business tycoon.
He was five times Prime Minister of Lebanon (1992-1998 and 2000-2004) before his last resignation from office on October 20, 2004. The late Rafik Hariri died on February 14, 2005 when explosives equivalent to around 300 kg of C4 were detonated as his motorcade drove past the Saint George Hotel in the Lebanese capital.
For more information please log on to <www(DOT)hariri(DOT)info/>.

The board of directors of this Bank which I am also a member, mandated me to look for any relation of the late Rafik Hariri, since after his death.
However, all my efforts traces abortive, that is the main reason I am writing you this to ask for your co-operation for us to claim this money because it will amount to injustice if I do not take this decisive step to secure this deposit and invest it, because if nobody comes forward to claim the fund it will be forfeited to the government, If you accept to work with me I will appreciate it very much as you are the first and the only person I am contacting for this particular transaction. Your major role would be to provide either an existing bank account or to set up a new Bank account immediately to receive this money and get 30% of the total funds as commission.

There is practically no risks involved, the transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect us from any breach of the law, it will simply be a bank-to-bank transfer, and all I need from you is to stand claim as the beneficiary, so that my head office can order the transfer to your designated bank account under few working days. We will start the first transfer with sixteen million pounds, upon successful transfer without any disappointment from your side, we shall re-apply for the payment of the remaining amount to your account.

At this juncture I wish to tell you what prompted me to package this deal. I have a 9-year old daughter who has leukemia, disease of the blood, and she needs a bone marrow transplant or she will die. I want this transplanting to
be done in any good children hospital in your country.

Once this fund is transferred into your account, I shall resign from my job and bring my family to start a new life in your country. I would be grateful if you would help me in looking out for good investment opportunities with my own part of the money in a very profitable business. I have worked for this bank for the past 15 years yet I have nothing to show for it, I really need your assistance to secure this fund as soon.

Send alongside your private mobile phone number where I can reach you now.
Contact me on my private email <mrclarkes@voila.fr>.

Truly yours,
Mr.Solomon Clarke.


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