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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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Fraud email example:

From: "GOVERNOR, CENTRAL BANK OF ENGLAND" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kingsprivacy@gmx.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:41:29 -0500
Subject: AFTER A SERIOUS THOUGHT ABOUT YOUR PENDING FUNDS.

Central Bank of England
Threadneedle Street
London EC2R 8AH,
United Kingdom.


Attn: To Whom It May Concern,


after a serious thought I decided to reach you directly and personally because I do not have any thing against you, but your business partners. I am the Governor of wire transfer/Telex transfer department of the Central Bank of England.
Some time in the past your business partners approached me through a friend of mine who works with one of the ministries here and requested that I assist them conclude a money transfer deal. They gave me your name, and bank particulars and told me to put them into our computing system in the lab so that it will appear as if you are one of the genuine beneficiary that have been approved for payment.

According to them, they wanted to use this strategy to transfer a huge amount of British Pounds Sterling which they accumulated from contract/inheritance funds and the money has been floating in the Central Bank of England since then on your name. We agreed that once I do this, they would give me 100,000.00 pounds and give me another 100,000.00 pounds when I release the funds to your account. When they saw that I have done it and your name has been approved among the list of those to be paid, instead of giving me the agreed deposit of us 100,000.00, they started avoiding me and resorted to threats.

I immediately deleted the transfer code of the funds, which is only known to me because of my position in my office, and I released other contractor's funds without yours. They became angry when they saw that their threats did not work, they started bribing other officials to get another approval to transfer the money to you without success. I want you to know that I am 100% responsible for the delay and obstructions because of their breach of contract.

I GOT INFORMATION THAT THEY ARE TELLING YOU THAT YOUR MONEY IS IN OFFSHORE BANK ACCOUNT, BEAR IN MIND YOUR PAYMENT IS NOT IN ANY OFFSHORE, YOU WILL NEVER RECEIVE YOUR PAYMENT FROM ANY OFFSHORE CENTERS AS FOLLOWS (1) LONDON, SPAIN, HOLLAND, DUBAI, CHINA AND USA BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THEY TOLD YOU, OR TELLING YOU THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE THE MONEY VIA CONSIGNMENT (BOXES) WHICH NEVER EXIST IN ANY BANKING/TRANSFER TERM GLOBALLY.
IF YOU DOUBT WHAT I HAVE JUST TOLD YOU, PAY ANY AMOUNT THEY WILL ASK YOU TO PAY NOW, AFTER A SHORT TIME THEY WILL COME UP WITH ANOTHER REASON TO PAY AGAIN AND IT GOES ON AND ON. THEY ARE SIMPLY WICKED.

NOW IF YOU WANT US TO WORK TOGETHER, THESE ARE MY CONDITIONS.

(1)I will have 20% of the money because it is only the two of us left for now.

(2)You will assist my son to open an account in your country or any other place of my choice where I will pay in my own share.

(3)As you can see, it will useless and mere waste of time and money if you continue with any other person, so we will conclude this transaction with utmost secrecy with the below telephone and email only.

(4)You will provide me with your private telephone, mobile and fax numbers as well as your email id. (If any) to facilitate easy communication between you and I only. If these conditions are acceptable to you, contact me as soon as possible to let us finalize, so that the funds can be released to your account after due protocols has been observed. But if you are not interested I will advice you to forget the funds and stop wasting your time with your so called partners.

Here is my ID you can check me online: http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/about/Pages/people/biographies/king.aspx

here is my private email (kingsprivacy@gmx.com)/ +44 702 404 1047.

Best Regards,
Mervyn Allister King
Governor Central Bank of England.
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