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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: "Dr Colin Hord" <Colinhord1@yeah.net>
Reply-To: Colinhord@yeah.net
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2013 23:55:36 -0400
Subject: Re: Urgent Please




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FROM DR COLIN HORD,
SAHARA CLINIC & MATERNITY (LONDON UK)

Hello Dear,

My name is Colin Hord, a Medical Doctor. and the Proprietor of a
Specialist Hospital. Named (SAHARA CLINIC & MATERNITY)
Do accept my apologies for contacting you through this method I don’t have
your other current contact information’s.

I am getting worried because I have already sent you this same letter by
post a month ago,yet no response was received from you until date I have a
widow here in one of our Clinics who is on a political Asylum here in
LONDON UK, she has been psychologically ill for some months now.

This woman confided in me based on the free medical attention she is
receiving from our medical unit here in the Hospital which led her into
revealing some confidential secret of her family concerning a huge
inheritance FUND from her late husband who was before his death some few
years ago, A Top Military Officer in One of the Rich African Countries.It
was in Confidence she disclosed her life history and the death of her
husband during the Country’s civil war and the fortune she inherited from
her late husband.

She has asked me to secure a credible and trustworthy partner abroad who
will manage her Huge Inheritance fund; I believe you will be in the
position to assist in managing this large sum in a profitable venture and
also to help create a safe place for her in your Country where she will
finally come to stay with her children until such a time when the pressure
is over in her native Country

At the moment all proof documents are confirmed by me couple with the fact
that I have personally checked through the family profile to know who
they are.

After she had disclosed this information to me, I saw the reason to
request from her all the documents relating to this deposit of which she
did, now I have the documents covering the deposited fund, which I will
not hesitate to fax to you the copies or by attachment as a prove for your
confirmation as soon as I receive your response via email.

I am obliged to assist this lady knowing too well that she has a limited
knowledge in the business world and as such she can not manage this funds
herself in Africa in order to avoid any trace of her by the government, I
will need from you a mutual understanding and then we shall make plans on
how the funds would be secured into an account in your name.

This amount is deposited in a safe Bank in a location which will be
revealed to you as we progress. let me assure you that this transaction is
100% hitch and risk free, from my discussion with her, she has agreed to
give you a reasonable amount of percentage for your involvement in this
and these has to be discussed upon the receipt of your quick response.

Thanks and God bless for your understanding.

Best regards,
Dr Colin Hord ,
45-59 Kingsway London WC2B 6TE United Kingdom
E-mail: Colinhord@yeah.net

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