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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: "MILLER AND WHITE LIMITED" <mwltd@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: millerwhiteltd@live.com
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 03:31:30 -0500 (COT)
Subject: Fund Inquiry




MILLER & WHITE LIMITED
80 Commerce House, 6 London Street London W2 1HR United Kingdom.
22/08/2011

GREETINGS:
Re: Fund Title Inquiry: Deutsche.Capital..

My name is Diane H White. I work as an executive partner for the firm
Miller consulting and Dixon Investment Brokers and Security Consultants
U.K. We are conducting an end of year consolidated financial statement for
the year ending July.2011 under conjunction agreement with Deutsche Bank
the German conglomerate banking giants.This notary inquiry involves a
client who shares your surname and also the circumstances surrounding
investments made by this client at Deutsche Bank offshore group a
commercial and investment arm of the parent Bank.It was brought to our
knowledge that the aforementioned client died intestate and nominated no
next of kin to the title over the investments made with the Bank.We came
to know of you via the London.Global.Database.Center(L.G.D.C.) Hence we
are making this contact.The essence of this communication with you is to
assist us in our investigation by providing us with information you may
have regarding this inquiry on any of the 3 KEY issues.


1. Are you aware of any relative/relation who's last contact address was
Brussels, Belgium?
2. Who shares a similar name?
3. Who's date of birth on file was 27/07/1932?

Thank-you for your co-operation and best regards,
Sincerely,
Diane H White.

MILLER & WHITE LIMITED
80 Commerce House, 6 London Street London W2 1HR
United Kingdom.

CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE:MILLER & WHITE LIMITED This transmission is
intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is
addressed and may contain confidential information belonging to the sender
which is protected by the business-client privilege. If you are not the
intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying,
distribution, or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of
this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email
in error,Please immediately notify the sender by email, Or Permanently
delete it from your computer system. Thank you


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