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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: "Williams Hook" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <williamhookdunlegalaffairs@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:15:46 -0700
Subject: RE-CHANGE OF YOUR ACCOUNT...REPLY ASAP

ATTN: RE-CHANGE OF YOUR ACCOUNT.

This is in regard to outstanding payment, I am Williams Hook the Newly appointed
Director United Nation Legal Affairs, Security and Investigation, the President
of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan) and his Decision Making
Body, the Executive Arms of the Government, has directed me to come down to
Nigeria to Investigate your Fund and to make sure that we approve all
outstanding debts owned to Foreign beneficiaries by the government of Nigeria in
this 2 quarter of this Fiscal year 2010.

This decision was taken based on the abnormities and inability of the BANKS in
Nigeria to Release your fund into your bank account whereby it was discovered
that some Directors in Central bank of NIGERIA being the Federal Government of
Nigeria were diverting foreign beneficiaries payment to another account of their
choice overseas. In view of this, during our investigation I fund out that an
account was submitted to divert your fund $12m (Twelve Million Dollars) to a Germany
account. Below is the account submitted and I want you to confirm if you are aware of
the new development because we are about effecting your payment to the account
stated bellow today.

Beneficiary: CERSTIN WENGER SHENOUDA
Bank: FRANKFURTER BANK
A/C No.: 367840545
Code: 50050201

Finally, be informed that a payment instruction has been issued and Forwarded
to the Treasury Department of the Federal Government of Nigeria In favor of you
and your company for immediate release of your fund to the account above without
any further prejudice. But there is no way We can approve the fund to your
account without you confirming if you Have changed your account for your fund to
be transfer to the Beneficiary: CERSTIN WENGER SHENOUDA BANK ACCOUNT IN
GERMANY AS YOUR BENEFICIARY.

Contact me immediately for further clarification to know if you have Giving
instruction to transfer your fund to the above account today. On behalf Of the
entire management of United Nations, we are congratulating you in advance and if
you fail to contact this office on or before 24hrs from now then we will now
wire the fund to the German account.

Thanks for your co-operation.
Waiting for your urgent response

Yours faithfully,
Mr. Willaims Hook
Un Office of Legal Affairs Security
and Investigation In Nigeria.
+234-706-443-8082




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