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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.Rose Jacques" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsrosejacques@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:50:30 +0100
Subject: Re:11/04/2013

Bank of England
Threadneedle St,
London EC2R 8AH,
United Kingdom
 
Reference to this transaction, I am equally grateful with the zeal of your understanding and co-operation in this transaction and therefore I want to use this opportunity to assure you once more that this transaction is already a success. Now that we have enormous confidence and trust in each other, we can successfully conclude an arrangement with a financial consultant John Stewart who specializes on fund transfer and also affiliate with Bank of England London.
 
Introduction of John Stewart & Associates in this transaction was based on the Bank of England London  Board of Directors understanding.
Recommendation monetary policy which was introduced in all fund transaction exceed $1 million United States Dollars and being that he (John Stewart) is mandated to handle all the payment file that was endorsed and passed through our office for onward transfer to beneficiary account. Based on this, we are lucky to include your name as the last beneficiary that will receive their payment through the consultancy John Stewart & Associates.
 
All your payment file has been sent to John Stewart & Associates for immediate release of your payment to your account designate that have provided by you via their corresponding bank. Do contact Mr. John Stewart immediately with the full details of the transfer for confirmation of the information which was sent to them. You are advised to abide to the instructions that will be issued to you by John Stewart to enable the fund to be released accordingly.
You can contact John Stewart on this phone number: +44 7045 743898 or his email address:info_bankofengland@bnkofengland.org , for urgent attention, and also keep me informed on every development.
 
Yours sincerely
 
Sir David Lees
Payment Officer
Bank of England  London,
United Kingdom.

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