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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: ". HALIFAX BANK PLC" <halifaxbankplc.uk@infohq.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:30:57 -0800
Subject: URGENT

YOUR PRICE MONEY SHALL BE TRANSFERRED TO ANY BANK ACCOUNT YOU WILL PROVIDE TO THE BANK ONCE YOUR PRICE MONEY HAS BEEN APPROVED.
FIND THE ENCLOSED ATTACHED FORM THAT YOU HAVE TO FILL AND RETURN BY ATTACHMENT TO THIS OFFICE FOR DUE PROCESSING OF YOUR TRANSFER.
THIS WILL ENABLE US TO VERIFY YOUR CLAIM BEFORE PAYMENT APPROVAL CAN BE GRANTED ON YOUR BEHALF.
YOU ARE TO FORWARD THE BELOW INFORMATION TO THE OFFICE FOR THEIR OFFICIAL DOCUMENTATION AND PAYMENT PROCESSING: -

1] YOUR BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS WHERE YOU WANT YOUR FUND TO BE REMITTED,
AND MUST COMPRISE THE FOLLOWING:

A] BENEFICIARY FULL NAME ..........................................
B] NAME OF BANK..........................................................
C] ADDRESS OF BANK...................................................
D] ACCOUNT NUMBER...................................................
E] SWIFT CODE............................................................

THANKS. MR JOHN


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