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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: administrator <info@mymaildesk.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:39:38 -0400
Subject: PLEASE REPLY URGENTLY


Richard Cousins (Mr)
Chartered Accountant,
Halifax Bank of Scotland
Tel: +44 702 405 1941


Compliment of day,

I wish to contact you personally for a business transaction of GBP £10,000,000.00 (Ten Million Great British Pounds) hopefully that you will respond positively to this offer. I am seeking for a reliable, honest and capable person who will be able to handle this transaction hence I am contacting you, and I believe that you will never turn down my request.

I am Richard Cousins, a Chartered accountant with Halifax Bank of Scotland and Chief Executive Officer of Compass Group Plc and Non-executive director Bank of Scotland. With your sincere assistant and co-operation, we can finalize this transaction, and be rest assured that this deal is worth taking and highly profitable.

At this moment, I will not issue the details of this transaction until your positive response is granted. For further correspondence regarding this business proposal, send your response to me for more details or ring me on Tel: Tel: +44 702 405 1941 for further discussion on this.

Thanks for your attention.

Sincerely yours,
Richard Cousins (Mr)
Chartered Accountant,
Halifax Bank of Scotland
Tel: +44 702 405 1941
Email: richardcousins@live.com 


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