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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: "christo_hal1@terra.es" <christo_hal1@terra.es>
Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2007 12:52:20 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: MY DESIRE TO SHARE



ATTN: SIR,

I DO HOPE THIS LETTER WILL NOT COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE. IT WAS BORNE OUT OF MY DESIRE TO SHARE A MUTUAL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU.

MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER MARSHALL ESQ , ATTORNEY TO SPHERE ENERGY COMPANY HERE IN LONDON UK. I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THIS COMPANY FOR (12) TWELVE YEARS. WITHIN THIS PERIOD, I HAVE WATCHED WITH METICULOUS PRECISION, HOW HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN USING SPHERE ENERGY COMPANY TO MOVE HUGE SUMS OF AMOUNT TO THEIR FOREIGN ACCOUNTS. THEY BRING IN THESE CONSIGNMENTS OF MONEY CASH AND SECRETLY DECLARE THE CONTENTS AS FAMILY TREASURE OR VITAL DOCUMENTS ETC. SINCE THE BANKRUPTCY OF SPHERE ENERGY COMPANY, MANAGEMENT CHANGED THE PROCEDURE OF CLAIMS OF CONSIGNMENTS. AS SOON AS YOU ARE ABLE TO PRODUCE ALL THE SECRET INFORMATION AS CONTAINED IN THE SECRET FILE OF ANY CONSIGNMENT, IT WILL BE RELEASED TO YOU UPON DEMAND. THERE IS A CONSIGNMENT NO 1513 WHICH WAS BEEN DEPOSITED BY THE LATE CEO OF SPHERE ENERGY AND NO ONE IS AWARE OF THE DEPOSIT TILL DATE.

HE DEPOSITED IT, BASED ON THE FACT THAT HIS FUND MANAGER ABROAD HAVE TO COME FOR IT LATER ON BUT IT COULDN'T WORK OUT AS HE PLANNED. THE AMOUNT INVOLVED IS TOTAL OF 12.5MILLION POUNDS. MY MAIN AIM OF CONTACTING YOU IS TO ASSIST ME IN RETRIEVING THE BOX OF MONEY OUT FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY AS THE FUND MANAGER SINCE HE DID NOT DISCLOSE TO THIS COMPANY WHERE THE PERSON IS COMING FROM. I ASSURE YOU OF EVERY INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THIS BUSINESS TILL THE LAST DAY.AND GUARANTEE YOU, THAT ALL ARRANGEMENT WILL BE LEGAL. I HAVE AGREED TO SHARE THE FUNDS WITH YOU IN THE RATIO OF 50:50

BEST REGARDS

MR CHRISTOPHER MARSHALL, ESQ






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