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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: faktha2@mailuto.moph.go.th
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 00:09:49 +0700
Subject: CONTACT ULSTER BANK UK FOR THE TRANSFER OF 5.8MILLION POUNDS, to
transferdepartmant_ulsterbank@yahoo.co.uk

Greetings!

I am sure this mail would be coming to you as a surprise since we have never met
before and you would also be asking why I have decided to chose you amongst the
numerous internet users in the world, precisely I cannot say why I have chosen
you but do not be worried for I come in peace and something very positive is
about to happen to your life right now and to the lives of others through you
if only you can carefully read and digest the message below. The internet has
made the world global villages where you can reach anybody you have not met
before.

Before I move further, permit me to give you a little of my biography, I am
Mother Lucy Else, 87 Years old woman and the wife of Late Albertsen, Else who
died in a Plane crash on Monday the 7th of September 1998 GMT 14:22 UK while
they were flying from New York to Geneva. Please see site below for more
information. http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9809/swissair.victims.list/index.html

After the death of my husband I became the Head of his investment and now that I
am old and weak I have decided to spend the rest of my life with my family and
loved ones whom I never had time for during the course of my business life, but
before the death of my husband we had a plan to use the last days of our lives
to donate half of what we have worked for to the less privilege and charity
homes and the other half for ourselves, family members and close friends, and
it is so unfortunate that my husband is not alive today to do this with me and
I am very weak and old now, hence I have decided to do this philanthropic work
on behalf of my late husband and I.

Presently, I have willed out almost half of our assets to several charity homes
and to some of the less privilege in different countries. Despite the agreement
between my late husband and I to give aid to the deprived, we also agreed to
render support to an individual we have not meet before in life due to the fact
when we were still young in life we receive an anonymous help from an individual
we did not know and which we have not being able to know till date, the impact
we got from such gesture made us to do same.

I am sorry to inform you that you will never have the chance to know me because
I have just concluded the assignment which my husband and I have agreed upon
before his sudden death and you happened to be the beneficiary of our last
WILL, irrespective of your previous financial status, hence I need you to do me
a favor by accepting our offer that will cost you nothing.

I have presently deposited a Cheque in the sum of 5.8million British Pounds with
Ulster Bank of United Kingdom to be transferred to you, All you have to Do Now,
is to contact the ULSTER BANK OF UNITED KINGDOM immediately for an urgent
Transfer of your fund to your Account , please HERE IS THE CONTACT INFORMATION
OF THE INTERNATIONAL FUND TRANSFER DIRECTOR,Kindly forword to him e.g,Your

Bank Name;
Account Name:
Account Number:
Swift/IBAN/routine:
Bank Address:


Contact person: DR. Roland West

Email; transferdepartmant_ulsterbank@yahoo.co.uk


Customer Service, +447924524821

You are to also forward to him the below information

Full Names:

Address:

Direct telephone number;

Please, try to contact them as soon as you receive this mail to avoid any
further delay

Note: Please I do not want you to thank me or my husband all I need you to do is
to invest wisely with it and do the same good to someone’s life someday as this
is the only way this world would be a better community if we render selfless
services to one another.

Also be notified that I will no longer be reading my email or surfing the
INTERNET as I have retired completely from the outside world to my ranch at
this moment. I have nothing to do with cars, emails and other luxuries. All
further correspondence should be forwarded to the Bank

Yours Faithfully

Mother Lucy Else

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