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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: "info@teddylaw.com" <teddy.williams@07168.cn>
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 00:37:54 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Attention


Greetings,

I am Teddy Williams. An Attorney at law based in London,I decided to contact you purely on the personal conviction of trust and confidence to let you know about the funds left behind by my client for you.

The deceased(Late Eng Daniel Parker) had a deposit of 17,000,000.00GBP with a security bank here in united kingdom and he made you a beneficiary to his funds.

Late Eng Daniel Parker died on the 13th day of Feb. 2007 at the age of 80years,until his death,he was a member of the Helicopter Society and the Institute of Electronic & Electrical Engineers and also a humanitarian.His great philanthropy earned him several awards during his life time.

All legal documents to back up your claim as my client's next-of-kin will be provided, All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through and complete my job.

I have tried severally to contact you via this same email address but all effort has not been successful.If i reach you this time i hope,please endeavor to get back to me with the below data so that i can confirm it with the one i have in here:

Full Name:
Current Contact Address:
Private Cell/Telephone Number:
Nationality:
Occupation:
D.O.B:

Please contact me at once to indicate you were in receipt of this mail this time.
Best regards,
Email:teddywilliamschamber3@kimo.com
Teddy Williams(Esq)
Tel:+44-704-579-4802
Tel:+44-702-408-0135


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