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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: "THE HOUSE OF LORDS UNITED KINGDOM" <cliams@payment.co.uk>
Reply-To: house_oflordscls@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:42:07 +1000
Subject: THE HOUSE OF LORDS UNITED KINGDOM

THE HOUSE OF LORDS UNITED KINGDOM
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT
(RESOLUTION PANEL ON CONTRACT/PAYMENT)
TRENTSIDE NORTH, WEST BRIDGFORD, NOTTINGHAM,NG2 5FA.
Our Ref: GBR/SNT/STB
Your Ref.

THIS IS TO OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE VERIFIED YOUR INHERITANCE FILE
AND FOUND OUT THAT WHY YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR PAYMENT IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE
NOT FULFILLED THE OBLIGATIONS GIVEN TO YOU IN RESPECT OF YOUR CONTRACT/
INHERITANCE PAYMENT.

SECONDLY WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT YOU ARE STILL DEALING WITH THE NONE
OFFICIALS IN THE BANK YOUR ENTIRE ATTEMPT TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF THE FUND
TO YOU. WE WISH TO ADVISE YOU THAT SUCH AN ILLEGAL ACT LIKE THESE HAVE TO
STOP IF YOU WISH TO RECEIVE YOUR PAYMENT SINCE WE HAVE DECIDED TO BRING A
SOLUTION TO YOUR PROBLEM. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT THROUGH OUR
INTER-SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER ASIA PACIFIC THAT IS THE LATEST INSTRUCTION
FROM HOUSE OF LORDS UNDER THE RESOLUTION PANEL ON CONTRACT/PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
IN UNITED KINGDOM.

THIS CARD CENTER WILL SEND YOU AN ATM CARD WHICH YOU WILL USE TO WITHDRAW
YOUR MONEY IN ANY ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, BUT THE MAXIMUM IS
FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS PER DAY, SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND THIS WAY
PLEASE LET US KNOW BY CONTACTING THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDS DEPARTMENT
CARD PAYMENT CENTER:

CONTACT MRev.Peter Smith ON HIS EMAIL ADDRESS:house_oflordscls@yahoo.com.hk
AND ALSO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
1. YOUR FULL NAME
2. PHONE AND FAX NUMBER
3. ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD
4. YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION

THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND GREAT BRITAIN POUNDS STERLINGS (£500,000.0O GBP) AS A PART PAYMENT
FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR 2009. ALSO FOR YOUR INFORMATION,YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY
FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S) OR OFFICE(S) TO AVOID ANY
HITCHES IN RECEIVING YOUR PAYMENT.

FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION, EMAIL ME BACK AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS IMPORTANT
MESSAGE OR FURTHER DIRECTION AND ALSO UPDATE ME ON ANY DEVELOPMENT FROM THE
ABOVE-MENTIONED OFFICE. NOTE THAT,BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, WE HEREBY ISSUED YOU
OUR CODE OF CONDUCT, WHICH IS (ATM-822) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE
WHEN CONTACTING THE CARD CENTER BY USING IT AS YOUR SUBJECT.

KINDEST REGARDS,
Rev.Peter Smith
Baroness (Brenda) Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde
HOUSE OF LORDS,UNITED KINGDOM.
EMAIL ADDRESS:house_oflordscls@yahoo.com.hk


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