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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: "HER MAJESTY TREASURY U K" <info@hmtreasury.org>
Reply-To: parkertyes@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 07:02:58 -0300 (BRT)
Subject: Compensation for scammed victim




Sir/Ma

My name is Thomas Parker. I am the director of information of Her Majesty
Custom
and Revenue, London United Kingdom. Our duty is to look into
transactions and
records of banks, securities companies and financial houses within Europe
based
on the directive of British Prime Minister and United Nations
Secretary.We
also work in
collaboration with American,Asian, African and Australian clearing
houses..


During our investigation we discovered un-paid debts from different
banks and
securities companies, worth over 400m pounds lying on paid with Banks in
London
and that you are to be paid for an INHERITED FUND/ASSET/lotto next of kin
donations, which requires presentation of certain documents and
payment of
fees
before the fund could be released to you.View the website for more
information:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5171222.stm

I want to inform you that the problem you are having is from your
partners
and
the lawyer who is representing you,They do not reveal the reason for the
delay
of your payment and the reason you should pay the money they demand from
you. My
reason for contacting you is to inform you to stop payment of any such
to the
lawyer or to the financial bank and securities companies as you will not
receive
your fund due to some abnomalies we discovered in your file.We are to
protect
your interest contact me immediately so we can advice you on how you will
receive your fund without any impediment. You are hereby advised to
maintain
constant contact with me and avoid any interaction with unscrupulous
agents,
partners or lawyers.

AS A MATTER OF URGENCY, get back to me through my personal email
address parkertyes@hotmail.com

Respectfully,
Thomas Parker.


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