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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: "Jo Rickard's" <rickardsjo1@ldsliving.com>
Reply-To: rickardsjo@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:36:57 +0100
Subject: FROM JO RICKARD'S


FROM JO RICKARD'S

Jo Rikard's
15 Fetter Lane,
London EC4A 1BW
+447031924764

PLEASE THIS MESSAGE DOES NOT HAVE
ANYTHING TO DO WITH ANY SCAM OR LOTTERY,IT'S REAL.

I am Jo Rickard's of Rickard's solicitors (Associate to Peters And
Peters) in
UK; personal lawyer to our late client Sheikh Khalifa
Algosaibi who was the chairman of Algosaibi Diving and
Marine Services in Bahrain.
Late Sheikh Khalifa Algosaibi a well known
Philanthropist had a Sheikh Khalifa Algosaibi
foundation before he died. He made a WILL in our law
firm stating that $8.5M (Eight Million, Five Hundred
Thousand U.S.Dollars Only) should be donated to
charity homes overseas from Sheikh Khalifa Algosaibi
foundation account. Also stated in the WILL that a
random draw be made and the winner should help to
disburse the funds to charity homes of his/her choice.

We have made a random draw E-mail addresses
collections via Multi electronic internet Search and
your e-mail address was picked as the winner.
Congratulations! This implies that you will stand as
the beneficiary to this WILL so that the funds could
be processed and transferred into your account.
This law firm is particularly interested in securing
this money from the Sheikh Khalifa Algosaibi
foundation; because they have issued a notice
instructing us to produce the beneficiary of this WILL
as soon as possible.

It is our utmost desire to execute the WILL of our
late client. You are required to contact this firm
immediately to start the process of
transferring this money to any of your designated bank
account. I urge you to contact us immediately for
further details bearing in mind that the Sheikh
Khalifa Algosaibi foundation has given us a limited
time. Please act fast.
Congratulations once again and I hope we could work
together as a team to execute this WILL successfully.
Looking forward to hearing from you.


Yours faithfully,
Jo Rickard's

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