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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: "British High Commission;" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bhc.fco.gov@mail.mn>
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 02:11:22 +0100
Subject: FROM BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION:


BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION
DANGOTE HOUSE,
AGUYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA DISTRICT,
ABUJA, NIGERIA.
E-mail: - bhc.fco.gov@mail.mn
TEL: +234-808-2209-355
FAX: -+234-(81351)-(37175)
Attn;

You are hereby informed that you are among those that are to receive a compensation from the four Western African countries comprising Nigeria, Ghana, Benin Republic and Ivory Coast, the compensation is coming to you because your name is among the list of Scam victims submitted by FBI and the Interpol at the just concluded G20 meeting held in Ontario, Canada, the four nations involved in the compensation program made the initiative after a meeting this held morning in the federal capital territory of Nigeria, where the president of Federal Republic of Nigeria, Mr. Goodluck E. Jonathan who attended the G20 meeting in card chaired the meeting and this is in line with the directive of the world leaders, most especially the Prime Minister of Canada, Mr. Stephen Harper at the meeting held in Canada from 25th of 27th of June 2010 , you can view the below link for your perusal: - http://www.who.int/pmnch/events/2010/20100625_G8_G20/en/index.html

At the just concluded meeting the Leaders of the four countries considered the following; the gross inadequacies of machinery for the payment and transfer of all inheritance, contracts and Lottery winnings fund to the rightful beneficiaries by the authorities involved and unprecedented reports of scam activities on African Citizens, mostly Nigerians and other West African Nations which is targeted at the Western countries and her Citizens and that of Asian as reported by victims of scam to security operatives such as Interpol, FBI, EFCC and other security operatives world over. The compensation was dim necessary by the leaders of four countries due to amount of reports by many leaders and representatives of most Security operatives in Western Nations at just concluded meeting in Canada After a long debate on the issue of scam by their citizens on most Western and Asian countries and the activities of corrupt and gross inefficiency recorded so far from all organizations invo
lved and their failure to redeem

In other not to loose your fund and also to receive your compensation please get back o the office immediately for immediate payment of your fund.

Note that you are advised to stop further contact with anyone in Africa on any issue regarding fund transfer of any sort and you are also advised to desist from sending money to any part of Africa from now onward for the avoidance of loosing your hard earned money, get back to this office for further instructions for how to get your fund transferred into your designated account and immediate payment of your compensation.

Call: - +234-808-2209-355 for verbal clarification.

Thanks for your understanding and cooperation.
Mr. ROBERT SCOTT DEWAR (CMG),
CONSULAR,
BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONS
ABUJA.

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