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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: "Mr. Andrew Hauser" (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2016 10:10:10 +0100
Subject: From Mr. Andrew Hauser

Bank of England,
Threadneedle St,
London, EC2R 8AH

I am Andrew Hauser, the Executive Director, Banking, Payments and Financial Resilience of the Bank of England. After a comprehensive review of your payment and irrevocable release order by the Global Partnership for Social Accountability (GPSA) and World Bank Group, we are mandated to officially contact you directly regarding the final release of your long awaited fund 18.5 Million US Dollars.

What this means is that your payment should be released immediately to your nominated bank account and by this instruction, we made several attempts to contact you through telephone/fax without connecting to you so we are afraid not to pay to a wrong person. Therefore I wish to inform you if you are still alive that your payment is ready to be release to you as soon as you respond to this letter and re-confirm to us the following details through this email:andrewdeskbnkofengland@outlook.com to avoid payment to a wrong person.

(1) Your Full Name:
(2) Company Name and Address:
(3) Home Address:
(4) Phone and Fax Numbers:
(5) Mobile Number:
(6) Private Email Address:
(7) Profession:
(8) Age and Marital status:
(9) Country of Origin:

Note that your fund has been cleared from terrorist and fraud related activities.

Thanks for Your Cooperation.

Best Regards,
Andrew Hauser
Bank of England.

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