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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: "Prof. David Cope" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <info.profdavidcope@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 1 May 2010 08:03:00 -0700
Subject: Dear Sir/Ma,

Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology,
Houses of Parliament, 7 Millbank,
Westminster London, SW1P 3JA,
United Kingdom.
Dear Sir/Ma,
Due to the reform in the Prime Ministers Gordon Brown all hands are on deck to checkmate corruption with the help of metropolitan police and scotland Yard. My name is Prof. David Cope the director of Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology. I am writing you this mail not because I know you but because I feel you can be able to join me in this business proposal I am about to tell you.
My friend Dr Ashok Kumar, an Indian Citizen, who use to work with me in same office was involve in the bellview air crash 3 years ago and due to that he was my bosom friend because he had no family here in London UK i have tried locating his family or relatives in Germany but to no avail.
When he was alive Dr Ashok Kumar opened an account with one of the leading banks here in London UK with the tone of Twenty Nine million seven hundred thousand Great British Pounds (29.7m GBP) and since he died the money has been lying dormant in the bank, I can easily convince the bank and my company that you are the only relation that Dr Ashok Kumar introduced to me, I am telling you all this because the bank wrote to our company to provide the next of kin to the deceased so you can be able to work with me in claiming the money.
Since i have been unsuccessful in locating any of the relatives for over a year now. I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased, so that the proceeds of this account valued at 29.7million GBP can be paid to your account and then you and I can share the money. 55%to me and 40% to you, while 5% should be for expenses or tax as your government may require. Your information such as Below:
1. Your full name
2. Resident Address
3. Telephone/Fax Numbers
4. Occupation
5. Date of Birth.
All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me to enable us discuss further.
You can view our website to know me more http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_offices/post.cfm
Yours Faithfully,
Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology,
Houses of Parliament, 7 Millbank,
Westminster London, SW1P 3JA,
United Kingdom.
Dear Sir/Ma,
Due to the reform in the Prime Ministers Gordon Brown all hands are on deck to checkmate corruption with the help of metropolitan police and scotland Yard. My name is Prof. David Cope the director of Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology. I am writing you this mail not because I know you but because I feel you can be able to join me in this business proposal I am about to tell you.
My friend Dr Ashok Kumar, an Indian Citizen, who use to work with me in same office was involve in the bellview air crash 3 years ago and due to that he was my bosom friend because he had no family here in London UK i have tried locating his family or relatives in Germany but to no avail.
When he was alive Dr Ashok Kumar opened an account with one of the leading banks here in London UK with the tone of Twenty Nine million seven hundred thousand Great British Pounds (29.7m GBP) and since he died the money has been lying dormant in the bank, I can easily convince the bank and my company that you are the only relation that Dr Ashok Kumar introduced to me, I am telling you all this because the bank wrote to our company to provide the next of kin to the deceased so you can be able to work with me in claiming the money.
Since i have been unsuccessful in locating any of the relatives for over a year now. I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased, so that the proceeds of this account valued at 29.7million GBP can be paid to your account and then you and I can share the money. 55%to me and 40% to you, while 5% should be for expenses or tax as your government may require. Your information such as Below:
1. Your full name
2. Resident Address
3. Telephone/Fax Numbers
4. Occupation
5. Date of Birth.
All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me to enable us discuss further.
You can view our website to know me more http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_offices/post.cfm
Yours Faithfully,
Prof. David Cope
Phone: +44 7024 044518
 
Phone: +44 7024 044518
 

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