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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: "Mr. Tim Tookey." <mr_tookey002@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:15:04 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Greetings to you


Greetings to you



With warm regard I offer my friendship, I deeply hope that this mail will
meet you in good time. However, I don't know how strange or surprising
this mail might seems to you as we have not met personally neither have we
had any dealings in the past, I humbly ask that you take due consideration
of it's importance and the immense benefit it will be to (YOU AND I ).
Please if this fails to meet your personal or desired business ethics
kindly accept my sincere apology, nevertheless, I strongly believe that it
will. First, my name is Tim J W Tookey the present Finance Director to
Lloyds Banking Group, United Kingdom. View my profile for more about me:
http://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/about_us/directors/executive_directors.asp#timtookey


Here is my proposal, after our Bank Merge with Bank of Scotland I was
going through some file as the Financial Director and discovered a dormant
account with a balance of £15,000,000.00 (Fifteen- Million Pounds
Sterling). From my investigation, the owner of the said account is a
foreigner by name John Shumejda. But after going into deeply investigation
why this account remain dormant for years now, I found out that the owner
of the said account (John Shumejda) was involved in a plane crash which
takes place on the 4th of January 2002. For more details visit:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/1742404.stm


I contacted because, if this fund is not remitted out urgently; it will be
seized and diverted to the British Treasury as Unclaimed fund, because of
the law imposed by the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown over Dormant
accounts here in UK. For more information about the prime Minister
decision on dormant accounts visit:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4017381.stm


I hereby ask for your assistant in receiving this fund in any of your
preferable account as the next of Kin to the deceased, an empty account
can serve provided it is valid. I want to assure you that as one of the
Bank Executives and an expert in the field, this fund can be approve for
payment to any foreigner because their is no name attached the account as
next of Kin. Therefore, any foreigner can lay claim over the Fund provided
the person is not a British Citizen. Be informed that this transaction is
100% total risk free: and troubles as the fund is legitimate and does not
originated from drug, money laundry, terrorism or any other illegal act.
Upon the successful transfer of the fund to your account, you will be
given 40% while I take 60% as the owner of the DEAL. If you are
interested, kindly get back to me as soon as possible so I can advice you
on how to proceed for the successful transfer of the Fund in your account
without any suspicious.



Warm Regards,

Mr. Tim Tookey.




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