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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: "Mrs. Hazooran Khan" <hkhan302@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: hkhanlawyers@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 14:41:56 +0000
Subject: Your Consent..

 BARRISTER MRS. HAZOORAN KHAN 
 Tel: 00 44 702 407 4743.
 London
 
Your Consent..  
 
I am Mrs. Hazooran Khan,personal attorney to late Dr. Mohammed Atef
of Pakistan, who died on the 7th of July 2005 in the suicide bombing attack
here in London almost two years ago.
 
Being a Pakistan Oil consultant with the Briton Petroleum Corporation,
Dr. Mohammed Atef made a numbered time(Fixed)Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at £8,600,000.00 (Eight Million six hundred thousand pounds) with First Citi Trust Finance Company.
 
Several enquiries have been made to locate any of my client's extended relatives since his death but has proved unsuccessful. This is because my client is not a British and had no wife or children and Dr. Mohammed Atef has not declared any kin or relations in all his official documents,including his Bank Deposit paperwork in the Bank where he deposited the fund. This sum of [£8,600,000.00] is still sitting in the Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year.
 
After these several attempts of locating the relatives of my late client for
over a year now No one has come forward to claim the fund, my proposal is that
I want you as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin to Dr. Mohammed Atef of
Pakistan so that the fruits of this old man's labour will not get into the
hands of some corrupt government officials here in london as I have been
informed that if any one do not come for the claims, the fund will be declared
unserviceable and dumped into the british treasury as unclaimed fund.
This is simple, I want you to provide immediately your full name and address so
that i will prepare the necessary documents and affidavits which will put you
in place as the next of kin to my late client.
 
All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this dealt through.I
guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will
protect you from any breach of the law,There is no risk at all as all the
paperwork for this transaction will be done by me and The money will be paid
into your account for us to share in the ratio of 50% for me and 50% for you as
soon as we conclude this transaction.
 
If you are interested, please reply immediately via my email address:  hkhanlawyers@yahoo.co.uk
 
On your response, I shall  provide you with more details regarding this
transaction. Please observe utmost confidentiality, and be rest assured that
this transaction would be most profitable for both of us.

Regards,
Mrs. Hazooran Khan
Tel: 00 44 702 407 4743.
London

 


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