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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: TRANSACTION ALERT <yourmailalert@gmail.com>
Reply-To: henryhoffman_ed@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 08:04:31 -0800
Subject: US$67,000,000.00!!!!

Attention: President/Ceo
Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Henry Hoffman, Executive Director,Investments/Fund Management of
this company. It is my wish that you see this correspondence as one
that would be mutually beneficial as I did get your contact from a
Global Data Base in view of the need to have a reputable partnership
towards actualizing this business transaction.While it is my view that
this proposal could look out of place but it is important that you
have a good analysis of the proposal being put forward.

A client of ours had an investment in one of the reputable blue chip
company(s) which had a maturity date of 12th March,2013 and with a
value slightly in excess of US$67,000,000.00 (Sixty-Seven Million
United States Dollars Only) but yet to file in the necessary papers to
allow for the remittance of this fund to his designated account
although we tried to contact the client through the last confirmed
mailing address he left behind but was shocked to discover that he was
involved in an Airbus 310 Yemeni Passenger Aircraft Crash in the
Indian Ocean near the Comoros Archipalego.

The reason for this contact is to see the possibility of establishing
a strong partnership towards having you as the next of kin to the
deceased with a view to having the fund distributed between us.Realize
that once you show a significant level of co-operation,we shall file
the necessary papers for the release of the fund to you under a 65:35
sharing ratio.
Hoping to hear from you. My private E-mail henryhoffman@outlook.com

Sincerely,
Henry Hoffman
Executive Director,Investments/Fund Management,
Encore Financial Consultants.
United Kingdom

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