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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: "Hope Foundation Internationa" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <barrus.frank@mail.ru>
Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2016 15:59:07 +0100
Subject: Hello.


Hope Foundation International
Bleichemattstrasse 89
CH-5000 Aarau
Switzerland


Greetings!

I am Mr Frank Barrus Head of International operations Hope
Foundation Switzerland with links in the
UK,USA,CANADA,SPAIN,BELGIUM,INDONESIA,THAILAND,BRAZIL,
KENYA, SOUTH AFRICA,UAE,our organization
mainly handles Donations from individuals who have the
desire to establish Charities world wide for different
causes with their personal funds.

Presently we have been contacted by the widow of late Mr
Seiji Kato a japanese who worked with a Multinational Oil
Company EXXON as a Drilling Rig supplier to Saudi Arabia,
Iran and Kuwait who died in June of 2010 who left a deposit
worth US$17.5 Million with a financial Services firm here in europe
in the name of his wife Kim Kato as next of kin who is
presently Hospitalised in a private hospital here in Aarau
switzerland after been diagonised of liver cancer.

We have been empowered by Mrs Kim Kato to source for anybody
or reliable group globally that will help set up a charity
as family trustee in her familys name to cater for the
people suffering from cancer with an agreement that the
funds will be used to support cancer research and treatment
for the less previledged who are unable to afford the cost
of treatment globally while the said trustee will be
adequately compensated for his or her effort in carrying out
this noble gesture from the deposited Funds.

In view of this if you know you can be trusted and have the
time to handle this global project as family trustee as
desired by Mrs kim kato kindly reply this mail as soon as
possible for more details on what is required to qualify for
this job.

Note that this project is strictly for the commited that can
handle a charity foundation previous experience in handling
the job is not necessary that is why we have been empowered
to put the would be trustee through the process of
establishing a foundation globally based on the desire of
the Donor Mrs Kim Kato.

Looking Forward To hear from you soon.

Regards.

Mr Frank Barrus
Hope Foundation International
Bleichemattstrasse 89
CH-5000 Aarau
Switzerland

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