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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: <andrewmacgrego2@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 17:10:35 +0000
Subject: From Mr Andrew Macgregor



From Mr Andrew MacgregorLloyds TSB Bank Plc,Address:Box 1188, Station BLondon, ON N6A 5K2Phone Number +447045772600/447035932729Fax Number +447005931590
Very Important
I am an auditor working with Lloyds TSB Bank Plc London,at thereoffshore department Box 1188, Station B ON N6A 5K2,London.I will be
happy to work this deal out with you if we can do business.
During one of our peroidic auditing I discorved a dormant accounts with
holding balance of One hundred and Forty Two Million United States
Dollars (U.S.$142,000,000.00) which has not been operated for the past
three years.As at this moment,I am constrained to issue more details
about this business until your response is received.
I look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible if you areinterested,as well on replying send me the followings.
Beneficiary Name:...........Account number..............Bank Name:..................Bank Address:...............Swift Code:.................Your Telephone No:..............for easycommunication.
Thank you for your time and attention.
Best regards,
Andrew Macgregor

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