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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- kennethwilliam0@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "MR PAUL" (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 13:14:01 -0800
Subject: YOUR COMPENSATION
Hello my dear
I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those
funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner
from Brazil . Presently I'm in Brazil for investment
projects with my own share of the total sum. Meanwhile,i
didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me
in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some
how.
Now contact my Account officer his name is
Mr. Kenneth Williams
Email: kennethwilliam0@yahoo.com
Ask him to send you the Bank Draft of $850,000.00 which i
kept for you as a compensation for all the past efforts
and attempts to assist me in this matter. You can cash
the Bank Draft in any International bank around your
location.
I appreciated your efforts at that time very much.
So feel free and get in touched with my secretary Mr.
Kenneth Williams and discuss with him how to send the
International Bank Draft to you.
You are to forward to him the following:
1. YOUR FULL! NAME & ADDRESS
2. YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER..
Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that
we can share the joy after all we have suffered at that
time. At the moment, I am very busy here because of the
investment projects program which the new partner and i
are having at hand.
Finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to my
secretary on your behalf to receive that Bank Draft, So
feel free and get in touch with Mr.
Kenneth Williams he will send the Bank Draft to you
without any delay.
Yours Faithfully.
Mr Paul
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