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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: "Christy Hodge" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <citibankgroup@yahoo.cn>
Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2013 10:45:21 -0700
Subject: Re:How are you and your family?

Hello,

How are you and your family?am very sorry to have contacted you this way,this project is very urgent.My name is Christy Hodge,I work with Citibank UK,I would need your consent to present you as the next of kin to our late customer who died of heart attack in 2009. He was a wealthy business man who deposited a huge amount in our Bank. He died without any registered next of kin as he was long divorced and had no child.I was his account officer and have in my possession all the documents required to present you as his beneficiary next of kin,the reason why i want to present you as his next of kin is because you have the same last name identity with our late client and can perfectly fit in as next of kin, We can work together to claim this fund. Please listen, this is real and goes on in Banks all over the world without people knowing. Let us utilize this opportunity because it does not come always. A lot of customers open private accounts with different Banks without the k!
nowledge of their families and whe

On your confirmation of this message and indicating your interest, we are going to employ a service of lawyer to help us process the needed documents so that the fund can be release to you,The amount is 5.7Million British Pounds and the fund is about to be confiscate by the state/government for non claimant of his estate whom you shares the same last name with,I very sure that this have noting to do with your family member or some one you know , it was a co-incident of last name and i believed that you are most qualified to be presented to as his rightful heir to receive his fund.I want you to be rest assured that this transaction is 100% risk free and will be conducted in a legal manner without any bridge of financial law,sharing modalities will be 50% for you,50% for me.On receipt of your response, we shall engage the service of an attorney to carry out the legal documentation that will compel the bank to recognize you as the next of kin and release the fund to you,pleas!
e this deal must be between you an

Please fill below information's.
1) Your full names
2) Age,
3) Mobile phone number
4) Nature of job/position,
5) Marital status
6) Your postal Address

Regards
Christy Hodge

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