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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: "Mrs. Agueda Carlos" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrotto@live.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 13:44:51 +0100
Subject: You Are Favoured. Contact Bermuda bank immediately..

I am sure this mail would be coming to you as a surprise since we have never met before and you would also be asking why I have decided to chose you amongst the numerous people in the world, precisely I cannot say why I have chosen you
but I know I am making the right choice.
 
Before I move further, permit me to give you a little of my biography, I am Agueda Carlos, 89 Years old woman and the wife of Late Sir Mendo Carlos who died in a Plane crash on Monday the 7th of September 1998 GMT 14:22 UK while they were flying from New York to Geneva. Please see site below for more information. http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9809/swissair.victims.list/index.html
 
Presently, I have willed out almost half of our assets to several charity homes and to some of the less privilege in different countries. Despite the agreement between my late husband and I to give aid to the deprived, we also agreed to render support to an individual we have not meet before in life due to the fact when we were still young in life we receive an anonymous help from an
individual we did not know and which we have not being able to know till date,the impact we got from such gesture made us to do same.
 
I am sorry to inform you that you will never have the chance to know me because I have just concluded the assignment which my husband and I have agreed upon before his sudden death and you happened to be the beneficiary of our last WILL(which is a sum of money deposited in (Bermuda Bank London uk) hence I need you to do me a favor by accepting our offer.
 
We have some fund in the sum of £800,000.00 (Eight Hundred Thousand British Pounds) with Bermuda Bank London uk; I have not made any transaction with my account for over 1year now because of my illness and other charity work. Right now I want to give you the said sum for you to help the less privileged in your country and for your own personal use.
 
I also deposited £5.000.00 pounds sterling to western union outlet on your behalf. The information is with Bermuda bank London UK if you contact them they will guide you on how you can contact the western union outlet for your payment. The reason why i deposited this £5.000.00 separately is in order to settle all the tax and charges which may come up due to your countrys taxation law.
 
Note: after receiving the said   £5.000.00 from the western union you can proceed to claim the inheritance sum of: £800,000.00 (Eight Hundred Thousand British Pounds).
 
 
You have to contact Bermuda Bank London UK with this information below
 
 
Contact Person: Dr. Brain Holland
Email Address: bermuda.uk@live.co.uk
Tel+ 44 7024062162
Fax: + 44 8704952245
 
 
When contacting the bank, please state that I sent you to contact them as my Next of Kin and send them your information like.
 
Full Names:
Postal address;
Direct telephone number;
Age:
Occupation:
Gender:
Country:
 
When contacting them, also include this code number: (/44/0433/F/hh/) this code is the security code of my account
, you are to also present it to them for verification. Please, try to contact them as soon as you receive this mail to avoid any further delay.
 
    Be also notified that I will no longer be reading my emails or surfing the internet as I have retired completely from the outside world to my  ranch, at this moment I have nothing to do with cars, emails and other luxuries, all further correspondence should be forwarded to the Bank for the transfer of the fund to you.
 
Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. Agueda Carlos

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