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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. Charles Walter." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dr.charles_walter@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 13:24:27 +0200
Subject: Your fund transfer was reported to have been done

Dear SIR /MADAM

In reference to your inheritance fund which has been forwarded to us here in England (BARCLAYS BANK) via West African Foreign Remittance commission, Your fund transfer was reported to have been done through unexciting banking regulation, based on open tender policy, especially when it comes to large funds.

In a nut shell, your fund can never again be transferred to you due to irregularity detected.
In addition to this, after due investigation to this, the bank has in record, six different bodies coming on behalf of this particular fund
However, since the fund has been marked as series, It is better to let you understand that unless the bull is been held by the horn, nothing again can be done.

The only option for now is to divert the attention of the fund to a created account outside England through telegraphic transfer and have all the visible documents related to this destroyed and all avenues closed. This is likely going to attract the attention of the Director who is surely going to demand for some percentage from the fund.

Based on past experience, the account will be created somewhere between Arab nation so as to avoid detecting the route. This fund will then be packaged on physical cash to any available country where you will receive it on cash as the only means presently safer.
If is acceptable to you, we can discuss on the possibility.

You are to contact Dr. Charles Walter.

CONTACT NAME: Dr. Charles Walter

EMAIL: dr.charles_walter@yahoo.com

TEL NO: +447937460979


Sincerely,
Dr. Charles Water
Mobile No.: +447937460979

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