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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: Mr Lucky More <accessbanknigplcc@gmail.com>
Reply-To: newcontractfundpaymentco@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 16:11:28 +0200
Subject: DEAR BENEFICIARY YOUR FUND IS READY, FROM Mr Lucky More OF NATWEST
BANK LONDON,

Attention: Dear Beneficiary,

Due to your inability to conclude your benefit fund transfer, your
fund was transfer to us by our Intermediary bank to settle all the
outstanding contractor and beneficiaries. The management has resolved
to use Direct Bank Transfer or Secret Fund Hand Delivery [SFHD] in
transferring your fund across to you...

This method of payment is very secret due his nature of handling cash
in person. We make use of the Diplomat or Missionary without them
knowing the content of the consignment box as we present it as a
family inheritance to be delivering across to you.

We make use of them because of the immunity that covers them in every
country, so you can see the reason we are using them, we don't want to
keep on holding your fund due to the law in UK, which mandated to give
away unclaimed fund to charity home after some period of unclaimed.
And also our investigation department fund out that your fund has been
kept out from you for a long time due to some irregularity in your
fund payment transfer.

Please if this method is OK with you, pleases get back to us
immediately to enable us facilitate the delivery of the said
consignment box trunk or We will be left with only option of
transferring it account to your nominated bank account, should that be
the case, forward your banking information across to us immediately.

We also need this information from immediately you received this mail,
Your Private/Mobile Phone, Your Address and a scanned copy of your
Driver’s license or International passport for identification and your
Certificate of Claim and that of Approval to empower us to bring or
transfer your fund across to your receivership. Expecting to hear from
you as soon as possible.

Regards
Mr Lucky More

[Deputy Director] Transfer

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