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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: "United Nation" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <u.nation9@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 16:24:51 -0400
Subject: To: Unpaid Beneficiary


ATTENTION:



Its been a while i heard from you as regards the delivery of your ATM to your address and i was wondering why you have decided to keep mute after long constant communication between us both but to my utter dismay,nothing was heard from you till date and this made the management worry so much despite several emails sent to you without a single response again till date before another issue came up again this morning here in our office which we would like you to please verify.



I was busy attending to some important files here in my office this morning when my personal secretary came to my office to inform me that some people were looking for me and i told her to let them in and they explained a lot of issue to me and i told them to come in two days time,due to the nature of my job and been a professional,i have to make some verification's before i take any other step,so it's important you go through my email below and get back to me asap.



Please clarify the following.




1. Did you Authorize Mr. James Spurway, of Indochina Group Limited, Hong Kong, to claim and receive your payment on your behalf ?




2. Did you sign any "Deed of Assignment" in his favor thereby making him the current beneficiary (Stamped agreement with him) to the funds ?




3. By the alleged "Transaction" between you and Mr. James Spurway, is it in agreement, between both of you that the payment should be directed to: Account Name: Indochina Group Limited Account No: USD 114-102-5567-8:Bank Name: Standard Chartered Bank, 138, 141, 1st floor, Edinburgh Tower,The Landmarks,15 Queen's Road, Central Hong Kong, Swift Number: SCBLHKHH.




All these documents were stamped and duly singed and i was wondering why you did not even inform me of any new development before sending these people here to claim your funds,really,this caught me unaware and i must say am really surprised but what ever the situation might seems to be just let me know today.




Though my suspicion arises from the swiftness with which process of transferring the beneficiary from you to Mr. James Spurway and the people that submitted the account this morning are Mr. Anthony James and Mrs.Anita Johnson,they all claim to be your partner.Please confirm to us the genuineness or otherwise of the above claim to enable us act on the payment as all the basic requirements for the release of the fund have been satisfied.




The amount allocated regarding your ATM is Ten Million United States Dollars Only,the amount accrued to you as the legal beneficiary of the said funds which was supposed to be paid to you for so long but nothing was done till date before these

people came here this morning.




Please note that we are bound or recognize Mr. James Spurway's claim to this payment if you fail to promptly respond to this inquiry which means you truly sent them here.


Acknowledge the receipt of this email today so we can take every necessary step to release your funds to them. Have a nice day and God bless as i await your prompt response,you have the final say as the legal beneficiary to the

said funds.







Your's Truly,

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