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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: "Halford Peter" <hhh.halfordpeter@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: hh.halfordpeter@hotmail.co.uk
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 12:59:31 -0000
Subject: I SEEK YOUR CONSENT

Hello,

It is my pleasure to seek your consent in this financial proposal as the
beneficiary of this investment deposit.

I am Mr. Halford Peter, an auditor of a finance house here in Europe. I
saw your contact during my private search in your directory and I have a
deep believe that you will be very honest, committed and capable of
assisting me achieve this business venture.

It is based on this that I am contacting you to stand as the beneficiary
to a late client of the bank, a business mogul Dr George Graham so that
the total sum of £12.5 million (Twelve Million, Five Hundred Thousand
British Pounds Only.) will be released and paid to you as the beneficiary
to the deceased in line with the Bank of England instruction to all the
commercial banks. In my position, I have found during my last auditing
quarter that this fund was deposited without a will so it is risk free to
work with you and secure this fund in your account.

This will be disbursed or shared in these percentages, 60% to me and 50%
to you. I have secured all necessary legal documents that can be used to
back up this claim. All I need is to fill in your names to the documents
and I will legalize it in the court here to prove you as the legitimate
beneficiary. I require your honest Co-operation, Confidentiality and Trust
to enable us sees this transaction through. I guarantee you that this will
be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you and I
from any breach of the law. As this proposal satisfies you, I require your
respond to me with the following information below:

FULL NAMES:
TELEPHONE:
FAX:
MOBILE NUMBERS:
ADDRESS:
AGE:
SEX:
OCCUPATION:

I anticipate your urgent response to enable me furnish you with the details.

Sincerely,
Halford Peter

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