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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: Steven Hodgson <mrs.chalongpong@gmail.com>
Reply-To: sthodgson@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 13:19:16 +0000
Subject: Re: Legal Notification.



Hello,

Following the gazette by The Chancellor of the Exchequer to all
financial institutions with National Savings and Investments to
estimate the value of its unclaimed assets in savings with no customer
activity for the last ten years with a view to harness around 1BN
POUNDS lying dormant in the nation’s bank and building society
accounts for re-investment in the UK, We have been commissioned by the
NCC to seek out legal heirs to unclaimed asset as a means to ensure
that genuine claims are not reverted to the government treasury and to
maintain public confidence in the safety and security of the banking
system.

According to our records, your name has been listed as a beneficiary
of GBP15,000,000.00. Your Benefactor, Mr. Kenneth ,who died in
November 2004, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Financial assets are considered unclaimed when contact with an owner
or beneficiary/legatee is lost for an extended period or unaware of
the secret trust held for him by the trustee. This often happens due
to a name change after marriage or divorce, an unreported change name
and address or expired postal forwarding order, incomplete, illegible
records and result of computer and clerical errors. When owners or
their heirs fail to claim an asset over a specified number of years
known as the dormancy period, those left holding the money: banks,
stock brokers, utilities, employers, life insurance companies, probate
offices and other - transfer custody to a special trust account in a
process known as escheat.

We will provide legal assistance and claims administration through the
Treasury Solicitor, Department of the Probate Registry for transfer of
ownership of the Financial Asset to you as listed heir.

More Information will be provided on your acknowledgment of the
receipt of this Legal Notice.

Yours Faithfully,

Steven Hodgson (Esq).
25 Southampton Buildings
London, WC2A 1AL
United Kingdom

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