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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: Stuart Chatfield <metal@mongol.net>
Reply-To: <stuartchatfield@kimo.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 22:16:09 +0100
Subject: Collaboration Request


CHARLES STANLEY & CO LTD,
25 LUKE STREET, LONDON EC2A 4AR,
UNITED KINGDOM.

I am Mr. Stuart Chatfield, Director; Private Wealth Management, Charles
Stanley & Co Ltd, London, United Kingdom. I wish to share a business
proposition with you that deals with an investment portfolio of my
client, late Mr. Michael Hudec, a Slovakian contractor that was based in
the United Kingdom.

On May 6th, 2009, Mr. Michael Hudec deposited 8,000,000 GBP (Eight
Million British Pounds Sterling) under our Portfolio Management scheme
for a period of two (2) years. This deposit matured on June 17th, 2011
with much significant growth which amounted to a total of 12,500,000 GBP
(Twelve Million, Five Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterling).

Prior to the maturity of the said deposit, we got some news that Mr.
Michael Hudec and his wife was among the passengers aboard Air France
Flight 447 that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean en route from Rio de
Janeiro Brazil to Paris, France on June 1st, 2009, killing 216
passengers and 12 crew members

Upon maturity of this deposit, we did direct a notice to his forwarding
but without responses. After a month, another reminder was sent from my
desk and I discovered that the supposed next of kin being his wife died
along with him in the plane crash, having no children and leaving nobody
with the knowledge of these funds behind for the claim. From our
records, no other next of kin was declared in his official paper work at
the time of this deposit and the funds (12,500,000.00 GBP) is safely
reserved in one of the high street banks here in the United Kingdom.

The financial policy stipulates that if such money remains unclaimed
for a period of five (5) years after maturity, it would be transferred
into the Finance Treasury of Her Majesty as unclaimed funds to aid
governmental activities. There has been no official claim on this money
until date and we cannot release it except a foreign beneficiary is
appointed to make claim.

I propose you stand in as our appointed next of kin to late Mr. Michael
Hudec to enable us succeed. Once the funds are approved for release to
your bank account, I shall visit your Country for the disbursement
process and we shall share the proceeds in an equal percentage basis to
maintain mutual satisfaction, trust and equity. To this regard, I shall
present to you a MOU to guide and protect our interest and shares of
this transaction.

All modalities had been put in place to guarantee a successful
execution of this project in a most legitimate manner. Once we start
this process, I shall secure from the probate registry an order of
mandamus in giving us authority to locate any relative of late Mr.
Michael Hudec. I consider this opportunity a golden one that will be
beneficial to both parties and do have my confidence that your roles are
safeguarded. My position with my firm gives me some leverage and I
foresee no complications with the law.

I wish to state conclusively that this project demands your utmost
attention and trust in ensuring our ultimate goals are achieved. It is
important you respect the privacy of this information and should you
find interest, kindly get back to me via my private e-mail:
stuartchatfield@kimo.com for further steps on this transaction.

With kind regards,
Stuart Chatfield.


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