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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: "Halogen Security Company Limited" <walkinhandson1@msn.com>
Reply-To: walkinhandson@msn.com
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 11:10:38 -0400 (AMT)
Subject: Your Fund Was Deposited With Us !!!




Halogen Security Company Limited
16, Seven-up Road
Oluyole Estate
Ibadan-Oyo State


Foreign Operations Unit

Processing & Payment DepartmentFILE RE: HSCL/97531/HSC-OX1/08

TRANS CODE: QV99/43IV-HSCL/08
AMOUNT: US$4,000,000.00 DOLLARS ONLY.

ATTN: Beneficiary

Reference to the letter of normination forwarded to us by the UN Fund
Recovery Committee via the Halogen Security Company Limited regarding your
compensation payment sum of US$4,000,000.00 dollars deposited here in our
institution in your favor by the UN Fund Recovery Committee , our foreign
payment operations have reviewed the allocation for final credit to your
account.You are hereby advise to confirm the details below to enable us to
process the transfer of your compensation funds to you from the UN Fund
Recovery Committee.

Your Full Names:
Contact Address:
Tel/Mobile:

Should you have any question concerning this transaction, please do not
hesitate to call the undersigned officer as funds will be retrieved to
treasury after ten (10) business days of this notice.Your kind and urgent
co-operation will be appreciated while we adhere to further instruction
from the ordering beneficiary.


Regards,
Walkin Handson.
Foreign Operations Unit
Phone: Tel:+2348074535426.(8am-6pm) mon-sat

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