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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" <stuart-chatfield@charles-stanley.co.uk>
Reply-To: stuartchatfield@kimo.com
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 03:37:27 +0100
Subject: Joint Venture

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 20,500,000 GBP (Twenty
Million, Five Hundred 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 rose to a total of
26,400,000 GBP (Twenty Six Million, Four 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
address 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 (26,400,000.00 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 entitlements are approved for release
to your custody, I shall visit your Country for the disbursement process
and we shall share the proceeds in an equal percentage ratio (50-50%) in
maintaining equity, trust and mutual satisfaction. To this regard, I shall
present to you a MOU as an agreement in protecting our interest and
respective shares of this transaction.

All modalities had been put in place to guarantee a successful and hitch
free 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.

Let me state conclusively that this project demands your undivided
attention and trust in ensuring our ultimate goals are achieved. It is
paramount 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 project.

With kind regards,
Stuart Chatfield.



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