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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: "UK HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT" <Rt.honmag.hodge@parliament.gov.uk>
Reply-To: margarethodge16@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Sun, 08 Aug 2010 08:00:47 -0300
Subject: CAN YOU BE TRUSTED TO HANDLE THIS?



Dear Friend,


GREETINGS FROM THE UK HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT


This might startle you a little as you might have seen or read about me but
really don’t know me in person. Well, I am Rt. Hon Margaret Hodge MP.

A British politician and Labour Party Member of Parliament for Banking.

I was the first Minister for Children appointed in a newly created post
withthe Department for Education and Skills and presently Minister of State
in the Department for culture, Media and Sport under Her Majesty,
QueenElizabeth of the United Kingdom.


I got your contact info via your country’s national directory and
intend introducing a project concerning charity in your country
and maybe neighbouring countries around you.


A few months ago, I was compelled to make an over estimation during a
budget and set aside the sum of Six Million Three Hundred Thousand Great
BritainPounds (6, 300,000.00GBP) with the sole intention of channeling it
all into charitywhich I am delegating you to executed on my behalf with
complete supervision of myAttorney as
he will also be the one in charge of securing these funds into your custody.


This transaction will result to you being paid a commission of 11% of the
investment capital and the balance, distributed to charity organizations of
your choice or reinvested and the net income, used for rehabilitating
charity organization in and around your country through you your agency
annually for the period of five years or a little more.

The last time I orchestrated this sort of Grant, the individual in
Australia succeeded in successfully setting up three standard orphanage
homes in less than a year. I have never been so proud of such a noble
individual.

I hope we wouldhave a reoccurrence in your case. If you are willing to
execute this HumanitarianProject, You must understand that I desire
absolute confidentiality and professionalism on
this issue. For security reasons as regards my reputation, I will not
beable to communicate regularly with you; but my Attorney will take up the
processing on my behalf and get these funds processed and released to you
without any delay.


I don’t plan on benefiting anything from this project, but will
be absolutely fulfilled, if and only if you remain sincere to me on the
handling of this project with utmost sincerity and confidentiality; and
eventually utilize the funds for the purpose which I have explained to you
above. Kindly respond urgently if you are interested as the fund have been
tied down for too long, so I can equip you with the necessary details,
alongside my Attorney’s contact information, so as to commence the
transaction properly; on the other hand, if you are not, please let your
intentions be known or better still, Kindly relent from replying this email.


You could get personal info. on me via my official website, but do not try
contacting me via any personal information you may lay your hands upon on
the internet as almost all my contact info are connected to the British
House of Parliament data base
except the ones I personally sent to you; as I don’t want our effort and my
reputation, jeopardized.


Kindly send your response to this E-mail:


margarethodge28@yahoo.com.hk <-----------


Sincerely,


THE RT. HON MARGARET HODGE
DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS,
RICHMOND HOUSE, 79 WHITEHALL,
HOUSE OF COMMONS, SW1A 0AA
LONDON, SW1A 2NS
UNITED KINGDOM

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