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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: "hugh jone" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <inquiryhughjones@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 07:49:40 +0200
Subject: BENEFICIARY

HUGH JONES & ASSOCIATE
Department Head – Wills, Trust & Probate
Address:123 Deansgate
Manchester M3 2BU
England

Attention: Beneficiary

On behalf of the Trustees and Executor of the estate of Late Holt Von Kleist.I once again try to notify you as my earlier letter was returned undelivered.

I hereby attempt to reach you again by this as a private seach that we have made to locate you. I wish to notify you that Late Holt Von Kleist made you a beneficiary in his WILL.

He left the sum of Thirteen Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars(USD$13,500.000.00) to you in the Codicil and last testament to his WILL.

Please if I reach you as I am hopeful, endeavor to get back to me as soon as possible to enable me conclude my job.I hope to hear from you in no distant time.

I await your prompt response and please keep this very discrete and to yourself until the transfer of the funds to you is finalised.

Contact this firm via: inquiryhughjones@gmail.com

Yours in Service
hugh jones ESQ.
PANNONE PRINCIPAL PARTNERS

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