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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: "Mr. Patrick Marsh" <admin@chartwellprivatehospital.co.uk>
Reply-To: <patrickmarsh1011@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 12:24:01 +0100
Subject: ***VigorPro BULK***Business Proposal

Dear Friend,

My names are Patrick Marsh, and i am attached to the Claims Resolution Tribunal (CRT), Switzerland. The Tribunal's task is to process individual Policy Claims. In this regard, the Tribunal determines whether each particular claimant has plausibly demonstrated that the policy holder, beneficiary, or insured was a Victim or Target of Nazi Persecution and that the claimant should now be considered the rightful beneficiary. In connection with the reconciliation of the $1.25 billion Settlement Fund in favor of the Holocaust Victim Assets Litigation. Funds have been authorized by court order and approved for payment to claims that were ascertained and verified by the court. However, “Funds authorized” exceeded “Funds paid” for the following reasons:

(1) approved claimants could not be located despite numerous efforts to obtain contact information; (2) approved claimants passed away and no eligible heirs could be located;
(3) approved claimants refused to accept payment and/or refused to complete documentation required to effectuate payment; and/or
(4) in a limited number of cases, certain approved Deposited Assets Class awards were withdrawn by Court order as a result of information which came to the attention of the CRT subsequent to the authorization of such awards

In all instances, any funds authorized but unpaid were either applied to authorized but unfunded awards of the same class, or returned to the Settlement Fund for reauthorization and distribution to other class members. Accordingly, certain funds that were authorized but unpaid for one class (e.g., Deposited Assets) were reauthorized and distributed to another class (e.g., Looted Assets), and thus would be reflected twice under the “Funds Authorized” category, but once under the “Funds Paid” category. It might interest you to know that myself and my colleagues took interest on a particular claimed account owner published on the list of account owners in 2005, we have processed and finished the papers for the claim, but considering the fact that we work with the CRT, we cannot present any account or show our faces as the claimant, therefore this fell on "Category (2) instance" as listed above.

Due to the sensitive nature of my job, and all we need is an honest individual that can help us receive this funds from the Escrow Account where the funds is presently deposited awaiting to be paid out. All that is required is for you to provide me with your details for re-profiling the funds in your name, that is to say, we will process the necessary legal and administrative claim documents for transfer of the funds from the escrow account to your own yet provided account. Further details will be spread to you upon your response, and be rest assured that this is a risk free transaction. In any case, I am at your disposition to entertain any question(s) from you in respect of this matter,

Kindly contact me only through my e-mail indicating your interest or non-interest.

Sincerely

Mr. Patrick Marsh.

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