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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: "H M TREASURY." <info@hmtreasury.org>
Reply-To: angelarichardsonyes@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 07:02:47 +0800 (PHT)
Subject: re:Third and final notice




Hi,

My name is Angela Richardson. I am the director of information of Her Majesty
Custom and Revenue, London United Kingdom. Our duty is to look into
transactions and records of banks, securities companies and financial
houses within
Europe based on the directive of British Prime Minister and United Nations
Secretary.We also work in collaboration with American,Asian, African
and Australian clearing
houses..


During our investigation we discovered un-paid debts from different
banks and securities companies, worth over 400m pounds lying on paid
with Banks in
London and that you are to be paid for an INHERITED FUND/ASSET/lotto next
of kin
donations, which requires presentation of certain documents and payment of
fees before the fund could be released to you.

View the website for more
information:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5171222.stm

I want to inform you that the problem you are having is from your partners
and the lawyer who is representing you,They do not reveal the reason for the
delay of your payment and the reason you should pay the money they demand
from you. My reason for contacting you is to inform you to stop
payment of any such
to the lawyer or to the financial bank and securities companies as you
will not
receive your fund due to some abnormalities we discovered in your file.We
are to
protect your interest contact me immediately so we can advice you on
how you will
receive your fund without any impediment. You are hereby advised to
maintain constant contact with me and avoid any interaction with unscrupulous
agents, partners or lawyers.

AS A MATTER OF URGENCY, get back to me

Respectfully,

Angela Richardson

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