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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: "Kevin Williams" <kevinlaw3@maillotto.co.cc>
Reply-To: kevinwilliamsprivate@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 02:41:17 +0100
Subject: Inheritance


Dear Friend

I am highly delighted to be in contact with you and sorry for the
Embarrassment this mail might be to you as we have not met or known each
other before.

My name is Attorney Kevin Williams, I was the Personal Attorney to Late Mr.
Roy Hall a national of your country, who was a contractor and spent most of
his life in my country England UK.

He and his Family were involved in a car accident along Manchester Stretch
and unfortunately lost their lives on the 27th day of September 2003 in
London. Since then I have made several inquiries to your country's embassy
to locate any of my Client's extended relatives but this has proved
unsuccessful hence, he has no next-of-kin at the time of his death.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to contact you since
all my effort to trace or locate any member of his family failed me so that
you as a foreigner will assist me as my late Client's next-of-kin in
repatriating the assets and Capital valued at £5.6 Million British Pounds
Sterling left behind by my late Client before it gets confiscated by the
bank where this huge deposit was lodged. The said Bank in London has issued
me a notice to provide the Next of Kin or have the deposit confiscated.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating any of my Client's relatives for
over four years and some months now, I seek your consent to present you as
the Next-of-kin to the deceased, so that the deposit can be paid to you
therefore, on receipt of your positive response, we shall then discuss the
sharing ratio and modalities for claim. I have all the necessary information
and legal documents needed to back you up for the claim.

All I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us see this
Transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law both
in the UK, your Country and internationally. I will be very happy to hear
from you, 1 have agreed to part with 50% percentage of the total amount as
your own share of the money for assisting me in this deal. We shall also map
out percentage of this money to take care of incidental expenses that may
arise in the course of this transaction. Immediately this fund is being
remitted into your account, note that high degree of trust is required from
you. Thank you in anticipation of your co-operation awaiting your response
urgently.

Best regards,
Mr. Kevin Williams.
Email: kevinwilliamsprivate@hotmail.com
+447 0359 05434

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