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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: securetrust Fianace <securetrustfinance_global@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:17:15 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Our ondolence




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       SECURETRUST&FINANCE CO {UK} LIMITED
                                    #62 GARRIC HOUSE,
            CIRCULAR ROAD,DOUGLAS
           ISLE OF MAN,1N99 1DZ,UK
Email-securetrustfinancr_global@yahoo.co.uk
29/06/09
 
 
SIR,
 
The entire staff of SECURE TRUST AND FINANCE CO UK LIMITED regret to hear the death of the worlds most famous and popular song writer and Megastar MR MICHAEL JACKSON.
 
We sympathise with the whole world and America and Americans in particular. And to those of our American numerous customer ,we ask God to feel you with an excellence spirit to bear the irrepairable lost.
 
We are still here to attend to all your requests as at when due. And for those of you that has your valuables,we want to use this medium to ask you to come up as preferences would be made.
 
God bless Securetrustfinance and God bless America and the world.
 
For  SEURE TRUST AND FINACE CO {UK} LIMITED
 
 
 


Faithfully Yours,
 


---------------------------------
ARC EMMAR .A. LADIGAL
 for: SECURETRUST&FINANCE CO {UK} LIMITED
(FOREIGN PROJECT MANAGER)


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