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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: Inland Revenue & Customs Unit <info@sghgroup.net>
Reply-To: <jamesstreet@mail.kz>
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 03:45:59 -0700
Subject: NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED FUNDS / PROPERTIES WORLD WIDE

>From The Desk of The Co-Ordinator
Inland Revenue and Customs Unit
In Conjunction with Unclaimed Property Division USA.
34 Bear Street, Victoria Island Lagos Nigeria.

Hello,


NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED FUNDS / PROPERTIES WORLD WIDE


Our records indicate that you appear to be the owner of an unclaimed fund and our office have deem it necessary to award you payment worth GBP $1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION US DOLLARS ONLY). We observed that no transaction or other activities to get your outstanding payment to your possession have been successful or noted for a significant period of time and the fund was noted to have arose from any of the following; Inheritance Fund from a Deceased One, Lottery Unclaimed Fund, Uncompleted Transferred Funds, Fund Left after a Disaster, Overpayment Funds, Government May Owe You Funds, Swine Flu, Government Stop Order, Money Order or by sudden Change of Address where the said account was opened or directed.


Henceforth, if you are still interested in getting your payment transferred / delivered to you and wish to prevent the fund from being reported to the Inland Revenue & Customs Treasurer as "unclaimed" as required by the American, Asia and United Kingdom Unclaimed Property Act; you are advise to contact the APPOINTED CO-ORDINATOR/SOLICITOR in person of James Street (Esq) and re-confirm your the following information to him;


Full Name:
Address:
Tel:
Sex & Age:
Marital Status:
Occupation:

CONTACT THE APPOINTED PAYMENT CO-ORDINATOR/SOLICITOR VIA HIS CONTACT DETAILS BELOW;


Name: James Street Esq.
Email: jamesstreet@mail.kz
Phone: +234-802-827-1729


IF A RESPONSE IS NOT RECEIVED FROM YOU WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS OF THIS NOTICE FROM DATE, THE FUNDS AND / OR PROPERTY WILL BE DECLARED "FORFEITED" AND TRANSFERRED TO THE HM REVENUE & CUSTOMS COFFERS, WHERE ALL UNCLAIMED FUNDS/PROPERTIES ARE KEPT.

Yours sincerely,


Mr. Michael Awe.
Head Foreign Operations,
Inland Revenue and Customs Unit.

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