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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: "Suslin Allen" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <suslinallen@outlook.com>
Date: Wed, 23 May 2018 22:22:39 +0100
Subject: Your Fund Recovered.

My dear how are doing today,
After British Legislative House of Common (BLHC) received series of financial misappropriation reports from many foreign beneficiaries against banks and financial institutions officers here over their ill-treatment and demands of various kinds of unauthorized fees after their payment transfer was approved ,which the act has frustrated most beneficiaries to abandon their funds unpaid.

This prompted British Legislative House of Common to issued a directive to us the UK Debt Management Office in collaboration with UK Unclaimed Funds office on Forgotten Fund Research Department to carry out a comprehensive financial Audit, review/pre-investigative search on all transactions activities carried out in all the indicted banks and financial institutions escrow Account data with Bank of England and Moves every Unpaid recovers funds to The Lloyd Bank Uk (our national accredited debts settlement Bank)for direct payment disbursement to sole beneficiaries with immediate effect.

During our Audits, A withheld Six Million, Three Hundred thousand US dollars only (US$6,300,000.00) was found in your Name as sole beneficiary which has been abandoned and forgotten, it was retrieved and comprehensively investigated and we found out that it was an inheritance fund payment to you, and was among the recovered Funds moved to The Lloyd Bank Uk for online payment directly to you.

We humbly apologize for every inconvenience, delay and injustice meted out on you over the payment of your fund as Uk government financial law protects foreign beneficiaries rights, Funds and properties.

To avoid any mistake in payment to a wrong person or in-efficient Online bank payment of all recovered funds to its beneficiaries, To be sure that you are the true above beneficiary we contacted, protecting and about to pay, You are hereby requires as matter of urgency to reconfirm by forwarding once again your Full Name, Contact Address, and Direct Cell phone (for direct communication)

Soon as you reconfirms the above details correctly as the true beneficiary, your fund's payment File shall submit to Lloyd Bank Uk to enables them officially communicate with you and open a New ONLINE BANKING ACCOUNT in your Name and your account detail shall be forwarded to you to enable you smoothly and easily make an onward and final remittance of your US$6.3M into your designated account of your choice across the globe by yourself without any interference

Your Urgent answer and untimely response will be an added advantage for quick and immediate release of your fund.

My Regards
Mrs. Suslin Allen .The Director-General
UK Debt Management Office
For UK Unclaimed Funds office on Forgotten Fund Research

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