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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <mralfredwilliam2009@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 14:38:23 +0000
Subject: Urgent Reply.........



From Mr. Alfred William,

I am an investment consultant working with Bank OfScotland at their offshore department Dover HouseWhitehall,London.I will be happy to work this dealout with you if we can do business.During one of ourperoidic auditing I discorved a dormant accounts withholding balance of 15,000,000 (FifTEEN Million BritishPounds) which has not been operated for the past threeyears.As at this moment,I am constrained toissue moredetails about this business until your response is received.

If you are not familiar with my Bank profile,please takea moment of your very busy schedules to read about my Bankwebsite;www.bankofscotland.co.uk and I look forward tohearing from you as soon as possible if you are interested,as well on replying send me the followings.
Beneficiary Name:...........Account number..............Bank Name:..................Bank Address:...............Swift Code:.................Your Telephone Nos:..............for easy communication.

Thank you for your time and attention.
Warmest regards,Mr. Alfred William.
Chief investment Consultant,Bank Of Scotland.Dover House Whitehall,London.SW1A 2AUwww.bankofscotland.co.ukCall me +447045756362

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