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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: "Mrs. Vanessa Khalid" <info@vkhalid@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: vanessa.khalid@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 06:06:44 +0800
Subject: Greetings to you my Dear

Complement of the day to you my dear,

Do kindly allow me crave your indulgence in introducing myself to you, I
go by the name Mrs. Vanessa Khalid, I'm a 59 years old widow diagnosed of
colorectal cancer. I was lawfully married to Late Engineer Abdul-Hamid
Ghassan Khalid, who naturally died after a brief illness. My husband was
quite a loving and hard working person as he was into private engineering
practice before his death, my husbands effort to fund the upkeep of
widows, widowers, orphans, destitute, the down-trodden, physically
challenged children, barren-women and persons who prove to be genuinely
handicapped financially. Our bank recently estimated the funds to have
reached an approximated sum of twelve million great Britain pounds
(£12,000,000.00).

I therefore trust and hope you pursue this noble charitable course by
reaching out to the less-privileged once in your locality. May you be
granted the much needed courage to take up this humanitarian course for
the benefit of those in dare need.

To commence this noble humanitarian assignment, you are to contact my
personal attorney who i have placed in charge of this transaction. You
are to contact him through the details below:

BARRISTER GREGORY FREEMAN CHAMBERS
GREGORY FREEMAN SOLICITORS AND ADVOCATES
CHAMBER ADDRESS: Powlett Building 34 High Street

SOUTHEND-ON-SEA ,ESSEX ,SS1 1EF ,ENGLAND.
Telephone:+4470240255160
Email: gregory.freemanchambers@careceo.com

The reason I have entrusted him with this assignment is due to the trust
I have in him and also my ailing health. You will agree with me that my
health condition will not allow me personally supervise this. This is why
I will advise that you kindly contact him at once so that you can
commence this noble gesture.

Kindest Regards,
Mrs. Vanessa Khalid.

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