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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: "DS & Holbert Associates" <dsholbertassociates654@live.com>
Reply-To: dsholbertassociates@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2016 16:51:18 -0800
Subject: Treat as URGENT:


Dear Beneficiary,

Threat as URGENT:

Important Information. I am Dennis S. Holbert, a personal Attorney to Sir,=
Edward Lee, a British-Chinese Businessman and Philanthropist. It is sad to=
let you know that the Late Edward Lee, my former client confide in me to l=
et me know of =A36.8 Million British Pounds Sterling (GBP) in a Trustee Acc=
ount here in the UK. But on the sad faithful day when victims of the AF4590=
crash include all 109 people on board when the plane crashed into the Hote=
l issimo. CONFIRM FACT HERE with this link: =

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
=

MR. EDWARD LEE has no children neither father nor mother as the beneficiary=
to his Will. The United Kingdom Government has notify me as the Attorney f=
or claim of the money. I can not stand as the family members, neither do I =
want the money to be here in UK. We are particularly interested in securing=
this money from the Financial Institution, because they have issued a noti=
ce instructing us to provide the beneficiary of this Will within two weeks,=
which happens to be you or else the money will be credited to the Governme=
nt Treasury in accordance to the Great Britain Act (Law): 17:56 Promulgated=
in 1999. =

In these proceeding, I have no Legal Right (on the Jurisdiction) to remit =
or retain this money in my Bank Account because, it is against the Law of U=
nited Kingdom. =

As a result of the ongoing internet difficulties and scam activities going =
on the internet this days, many people are scared and afraid when they rece=
ived this type of email.
Note: This message is real. Feel free to contact me as I will provide all n=
ecessary legal documents. =

No options rather to execute the directives by Great Britain Government. DS=
& Holbert Associates is a Law Firm here in London, United Kingdom.
=

In conclusion, I want you to stand as the next of kin to late Edward Lee. A=
s soon as you receive the money in your Country, we shall share the money, =
you will take 30% =

of the money, while I will have 60% and 10% will be set aside for unforese=
en expenses during the facilitation of the deal. If you are interested to b=
e the next of kin; =

kindly reply to me as soon as possible so that we can start the processing=
of transferring the fund to your account.
Do let me know your suggestion on how you will receive the fund.
=

Note; That the British Financial Authority have given ultimatum that the mo=
ney must be claimed as it was 15years ago and is over due. I wait to hear f=
rom you.

Dennis S. Holbert.
Attorney, =

Principal Partner.

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