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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: "ROYAL HOUSE OF TREASURY U.K" <bryant_paul@klikni.cz>
Reply-To: paulbryant777@yahoo.dk
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 02:13:36 +0100
Subject: ROYAL HOUSE OF TREASURY U.K


Royal House of Treasury UK
49, Featherstone Street,
LONDON, EC 1Y 8SY
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 70457 26819
Fax: +44 700596 8512
Reply: paulbryant777@yahoo.dk

ATTN: Beneficiary,

We the entire members of the Royal House of Treasury, on behalf of the
Government of Great Britain, under the auspices of the Her Royal Majesty
Queen Elizabeth of England II held a meeting this week concerning payment,
both foreign and local contractors and some inheritance funds which were not
released to the right benefactors Her Royal Majesty, has just informed this
office (Royal House of Treasury)that All the listed contractors and
Inheritance funds benefactors which their CONTRACT PAYMENT SUM AND
INHERITANCE FUNDS were not paid to should be released to them with effect.

We discovered that your payment listed to us Seven million five hundred
thousand dollars (US$7.5M) approximately Four million Great Britain Pounds
(GBP 4M), you are advised to respond with effect so that we will process
your payment to be made in any form you wish to receive your funds. Kindly
respond to this office so that your payment will be process and transferred
under 72hours of receiving this email, you can contact us on this telephone
number +44 70457 26819 for a voice confirmation. On going through files
yesterday, we discovered that your file was dumped untreated, so at this
juncture, we apologize for the delay of your payment and please stop
communicating with any office now and attention to the appointed office
below for you to receive your payment accordingly.

Now your new Payment Reference No.-35460021, Allocation No: 674632 Password
No : 339331 , Pin Code No: 55674 and your Certificate of Merit Payment No :
103 , Released Code No: 0763; Immediate Telex confirmation No: -1114433 ;
Secret Code No: XXTN013, Having received these vital payment number,
therefore You are qualified now to received and confirm Your payment with
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland immediately within
72hours.
You are directed to reconfirm your full detailed information, like your full
name, home address, office address, profession and marital status, Age, home
phone number and cell phone number as well as time to call you on the phone.

NOTE: We have mounted our security network to monitor every in-coming
call, if we still find out that you are still dealing with all those
fraudsters that have been frustrating you, I shall stop and cancel your
payment immediately.

Best Regards

Paul Bryant
Royal House of Treasury.
re: Royal House of Treasury UK

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