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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: <mrrowangreg@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:15:11 +0100
Subject: Ecclesiastes 3:14

May the peace of the Lord be unto you, I am Mrs. 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

We (my husband and I) have the sum of £800,000.00 (Eight Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterlings) with Halifax Bank PLC UK; I have not made any transaction with my account for over a year now because of my illness and the doctor said I have few months to live. 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.

You have to contact Halifax Bank Plc now for the transfer of the funds to your personal account with this information below;

Contact Person: Dr. Wilson Cole
Email Address: dr.wilson.cole@hallifaxbnkplc.co.uk

Phone:+447024020945

Fax: +4472 111 5980 (0872 111 5980)

I also want to let you know that I have prepared the change of ownership affidavit, power of attorney and the insurance bond, so please, do not pay for any of this documents I just mentioned, you will be given the said documents as soon as you contact the bank with the below information.

Full Names:
Postal address;
Direct telephone number;
Age:
Occupation:
Gender:

When contacting them, also include this code number: (4033/spce/9ty), you are to also present it to them for verification.

the only money you are expected to pay is £180 British Pounds for the account activation, i have not used the account for a long time, so the Bank might ask you to pay for the account activation.

I know all this may sound surprising to you, I do not know you, but I want to trust you will use this fund to help the less privilege and for your own personal use, please if you know you cannot be able to carry out this transaction, discard this email.

Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. Agueda Carlos

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