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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Geoffrey Spence" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <geoffrey.spence1@kimo.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2015 12:27:15 -0800
Subject: Partnership Request

CHARLES STANLEY & CO LTD,
25 LUKE STREET, LONDON EC2A 4AR,
UNITED KINGDOM.

I am Mr. Geoffrey Spence, Director; Private Wealth Management, Charles Stanley & Co Ltd, London, United Kingdom. I wish to share a business proposition with you that deals with an investment portfolio of my client, late Mr. Michael Hudec, a Slovakian contractor that was based in the United Kingdom.

On May 6th, 2009, Mr. Michael Hudec deposited 8,000,000 GBP (Eight Million British Pounds Sterling) under our Portfolio Management scheme for a period of two (2) years. This deposit matured on June 17th, 2011 with much significant growth which amounted to a total of 12,500,000 GBP (Twelve Million, Five Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterling).

Prior to the maturity of the said deposit, we got some news that Mr. Michael Hudec and his wife was among the passengers aboard Air France Flight 447 that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean en route from Rio de Janeiro Brazil to Paris, France on June 1st, 2009, killing 216 passengers and 12 crew members

Upon maturity of this deposit, we did direct a notice to his forwarding but without responses. After a month, another reminder was sent from my desk and I discovered that the supposed next of kin being his wife died along with him in the plane crash, having no children and leaving nobody with the knowledge of these funds behind for the claim. From our records, no other next of kin was declared in his official paper work at the time of this deposit and the funds (12,500,000.00 GBP) is safely reserved in one of the high street banks here in the United Kingdom.

The financial policy stipulates that if such money remains unclaimed for a period of five (5) years after maturity, it would be transferred into the Finance Treasury of Her Majesty as unclaimed funds to aid governmental activities. There has been no official claim on this money until date and we cannot release it except a foreign beneficiary is appointed to make claim.

I propose you stand in as our appointed next of kin to late Mr. Michael Hudec to enable us succeed. Once the funds are approved for release to your bank account, I shall visit your Country for the disbursement process and we shall share the proceeds in an equal percentage basis to maintain mutual satisfaction, trust and equity. To this regard, I shall present to you a MOU to guide and protect our interest and shares of this transaction.

All modalities had been put in place to guarantee a successful execution of this project in a most legitimate manner. Once we start this process, I shall secure from the probate registry an order of mandamus in giving us authority to locate any relative of late Mr. Michael Hudec. I consider this opportunity a golden one that will be beneficial to both parties and do have my confidence that your roles are safeguarded. My position with my firm gives me some leverage and I foresee no complications with the law.

I wish to state conclusively that this project demands your utmost attention and trust in ensuring our ultimate goals are achieved. It is important you respect the privacy of this information and should you find interest, kindly get back to me via my private e-mail: geoffrey.spence1@kimo.com for further steps on this transaction.

With kind regards,
Geoffrey Spence.

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