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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: HM Revenue and Customs <disciplineunit.unit@gmail.com>
Reply-To: foreign.payments@y7mail.com
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2012 06:10:21 -0700
Subject: INVESTIGATION REPORT ABOUT YOUR INHERITANCE PAYMENT

HM Revenue and Customs
Office of the Treasury
Inland Revenue Tax Office
Riverside House West,
Woolwich High St
Woolwich,
London SE18 6DN.

INVESTIGATION REPORT ABOUT YOUR INHERITANCE PAYMENT

The HM Treasury office of the Department of Revenue Service London here in
United Kingdom, has investigated your fund which has been on transfer
process for some period of time with Barclays Bank Plc. During the just
concluded of the General Financial Auditing in the HM Treasury, the office
of the auditing and fund recovery unit has recovered your fund to the tune
of USD10,500,000.00 (Ten Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars) which was to be paid to you through telegraphic wire transfer to
your bank account.

After the auditing, the HM Treasury decides that all recovered and returned
funds should be paid to their various beneficiaries within 7 days starting
from today. This decision was taken by the Board of the Auditors and the
External Affairs in the Department of HM Revenue and Customs (Office of the
Treasury), and at present your fund is in the escrow account of the Fox
Chase Bank Plc, London.

It has been understood by our investigation team, that this fund was
acquired by you as a result of the initial inheritance of fund which
supposed to have been remitted into your bank account in your country some
time ago, although you have not received the fund due to the delay caused
by the initial authorized bank (Barclays Bank Plc).

The Department of Revenue Service London has signed the released of your
fund and it has also decided that your fund should be paid out to you
without any further delay. For your full identification and completion of
your payment, you are hereby advised to send to Fox Chase Bank, London your
full information as stated below:

NAME:
AGE:
ADDRESS:
OCCUPATION:
PHONE NUMBER:
FAX NUMBER:
EMAIL:
BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS:

Note that the Department of Revenue Service London has ordered and assigned
our accredited bank to carry out your payment, therefore you should
urgently contact them on the following details;
Contact Person: Mr. Kerry Lynch, CTP
E-mail: central.intelligen@foxmail.com

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