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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: Foreign Operations Manager <test@ivo.org.ir>
Reply-To: <naomibroadhead@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2011 14:12:56 -0200
Subject: Your fund release notification

FOREIGN OPERATION MANAGER
LONDON UNITED KINGDOM

Verification of Your Inheritance Claim.

Dear Beneficiary,

We are pleased to inform you that Unclaimed Funds Reconciliation Committee newly setup by the International Banks for reconciliation and development (World Bank) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) based on series of petitions we received from international bodies such as cooperate bodies and non governmental organization (NGO) on the inability of some government of different countries in the world, commercial banks and world lottery organization to settle their clients contract debt, inheritance and winning prize fund.

I was directed to contact you from British Financial Authority.This need your urgent attention. We are having problem with the release of your inheritance payment of 5.2 Million Dollars ,in reference to release application letter dated 24th January 2011,by the law firm on your behalf, received from,in file number 205783608.The fund has already be approve by British Financial authority. And the fund is presently in an account number 129000452314 in your name. We will forward you with the user name and password to your account information.This people have be scaming you,that you have a compensation payment,Lotto,atm card and inheritance claim,they are only collecting money from you to divert your money to there account.You are be warn now,to stop all communication with them.They wanted to process the access code of the account and clearance papers,so that they will be able to divert the payment when we discovered the different name where they want the payment to be diverty to.

C H P Atkinson Law Office
Suite E7.3, Joseph's Well, Hanover Walk, Leeds
Yorkshire United Kingdom - LS3 1AB
Tel: +44(0)702409778
Fax: +44(0)702409168

To our surprised, the above law firm presented us with AFFIDAVIT of claim certificate written in your name to divert the payment to the below account, this is where the suspicious came from. But we discover that the above law firm and other individual. The British Financial Authority has report to crime investigator and Euro police the names of the people that collect money from you for this purpose. The FBI investigation department in WASHINGTON is working seriously to get the owner of the account below where the money wanted to be divert to. This people are only collecting money to divert the payment to there self. We also discovered in your file with British financial authority, that the document in the file are not relevant for any legal process of claim. This case is been handle by the financial investigation officer,europolice and FBI.Presently your fund is in a bank,on the account number above awaiting clearance.You will be directed to contact the bank London office or USA office for the claim of the

#1- Ally c/o Wachovia
1525 West W.T. Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, North Carolina 28262
#2- Routing #: 031201467
#3- Swift Code: PNBPUS33
#4- Account #: 2000049264876
#5- Name on Account: William Henry Hlatky
#6- Account # for William Henry Hlatky: 3020003889

In accordance with the banking regulations to verify inheritance,compensation,conttract payment claims before payment to avoid wrong payment, we deemed it necessary to make this urgent contact with you, we advise you respond to this email immediatly,so that we can present you with your online account information and the bank that will process your claim for you.You can make a transfer to your local bank from your online account,after you most have finish with the clearance papers and transfer access code.

Provide us with the below information and also send us a copy of your id,to confirm with what we have in your file,if you are the real beneficiary to this claim or not,if not the fund will be return to British treasury or USA treasury as unclaim fund.I will take 20% from the total sum.You have to promise me that you will send me the 20% of the total sum,if you have received your payment.

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You are advise to stop communication with this people for your own good, because they will keep asking you for money, until they succeeded in diverting your claim.

Sincerely,

Mrs Naomi Broadhead
Foreign Operations Manager
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WARNING:
The information contained in this e-mail intended for the use of the British Financial authority,This email is address to you officially.

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