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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: "Mr. Beuker Hendrik" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrbeuker@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 12:41:11 +0800
Subject: An invitation to Treat!

I am an investment consultant working with UBS International Holdings BV
in the Netherlands. I will be happy to work this transaction out with you
if you have a corporate or personal Bank Account and if you are reliable
and honest. I need strong Assurance that you will never let me down, as I
can arrange and provide you details/documentatal proof so that
funds($8.5 million) will be transferred into your account as the next of
kin to the late depositor(Abbas Farhan al-Jabouri,

I look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible

Thank you for your time and attention.


Warmest Regards,
Mr. Beuker Hendrik
Investment Consultant.
UBS.

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