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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: "The Bank of England" (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:25:25 -0700
Subject: New Development.

Dear Sir,

 

Yesterday I went into Partnership with a company here in United Kingdom called COINSTAR MONEY TRANSFER the better way to send money out of UK and this people can send up to (GBP500, 000.00) Five hundred thousand British pounds sterling per day and is a very good way to send money without any troubles, You can go check their website on: www.cmtmoney.com

 

Then the issue of Checkbook and Master Gold credit cards is also a wonderful way and easier way without you using your Bank account for anything, anyway the bottom line to resolve this situation is for the Certification of the (FSA) financial service authority to be paid accordingly without working through the back door, because working through the back door might be a big trouble for you in future.

 

Get back to me so that we can handle this problem and finalize this matter because this matter required your urgent attention and we must work towards it to make sure we clear this matter before the end of this month and your urgent co operation will be highly appreciated.

 

Meanwhile I am going to send you via attachment letter of understanding, like an agreement indicating that after the final clearance of the official fees with FSA is fully paid by you the beneficiary, I will make sure that we start transferring your fund into your account without any further delay and the checkbook and master gold credit cards as well will be send to you without any interceptions from FSA or any other authority concern.

 

Thanks for banking with us

 

Regards

 

Mr. Mervyn  Allister King

Tel: 00-44-78-79-14-0625

Tel: 00-44-74-04-39-3085

 

Note: Please give me a call for more clarifications and incase you don’t understand some point, then send me an email with your questions so I will clarify you because I am back to London and ready to complete this project, all the necessary document will be forwarded to you via DHL or UPS for security reasons so confirm the fees and then we complete this important matter for you.

 

God Bless you

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