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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: "DMO" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fdpcbn@email.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 16:05:55 -0700
Subject: DMO OFFICE WROTE

UK Debt Management Office (DMO)
Eastcheap Court, 11 Philpot Lane, London
EC3M 8UD United Kingdom
http://www.dmo.gov.uk

in
affiliation with

UK Unclaimed Funds Search
http://www.unclaimedassets.co.uk/trace_forgotten_funds.htm

My dear, how are you today, please we need your urgent attention, we just concluded the 2009-14 fiscal years financial Audit and investigative of all transaction carried out in all Banks and financial institutes across Uk, During our audit in Belvoir Credit Union Limited UK, we recovered Unpaid $15,250,000USD Million inheritance fund WILLED to your name for humanitarian Cause by late Dorothy Irene height before she died on 20th of April 2010.

We approved the Payment immediate because of its humanitarian purposes and your $15,250,000USD was credited into an ATM CARD" with your Name engraved on the Atm Card and the four digit personal identification Number (PIN) coded with silver panel at the back cover of the card making you the ONLY authorized person to scratch the silver coded panel area to reveal your first four digit pin-code Number once you open your sealed Parcel, so to enables you start withdrawing your fund from any Atm point/machines around you that accepts Visa card anywhere in the world.

For our proper identification and collection, please you can go to:
Belvoir Credit Union Limited, United Kingdom
Office: 94 Belvoir Drive, Castlereagh, Belfast BT8 8DL, UK
Tel: +44 7024 08484,Fax: + 44 70307 202
Email: belvoircreditunionuk@webname.com
Contact person Mr Bennett Scott (Manager)

If you are unable to go, and you choose the option of onward delivery of your Parcel to your contact address, you are requires urgently to re-confirm your Full Name/telephone, Secured receiving address (where your Atm Card Parcel shall be Delivers to you)for proper identification and forward them to Mr Bennett Scott (Manager) for quick delivery.

Note: in line with British legal council compliance policy, if you are unable to come in person to pick your parcel maybe because of your health condition or work activities that might not allow you to come, you will pay for the little handling charges/delivery fee for shipment of your Atm Debit Card parcel directly to your secured contact address you will provide and the handling charges/delivery fee is Non-negotiable. We count on your prompt response.
Thank you.
Mrs. Nesbit P. Marie
Head of Services,
UK Debt Management Office (DMO)

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