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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: William Xavier <cavalierking@wildblue.net>
Reply-To: " William Xavier" <wx07091972@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2016 06:54:52 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: IT'S A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY





Hello Dear Friend,
 
Good day to you ,kindly spare your precious time with me , my name is William Xavier. I am an Escrow Agent under one of the Foreign banks that moved to Ghana for global banking operations. I got your contact information on my search for an oversea partner to affiliate with . Thus, I write you this proposal in good faith and sincerity.
 
I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit you and I. As an Escrow Agent , it is my duty to properly account for the escrow funds that i held on behalf of my transacting parties and ensure that usage of such fund is explicitly for the purpose intended . As a matter of fact , it is my duty to send financial transaction report to my head office at the end of every business year. On the course of compiling the 2015 report, I discovered ($38,100,000.00 USD ) Thirty Eight Million, One Hundred Thousand United State Dollars, that is untraceable to any Source Code in Escrow database due a change in our software system .
 
As an Escrow Agent i cannot be directly connected to this fund hence, I want re-profile this fund in your name and you will be entitled to 40% of the total funds and 60% for me.
There are no risks involved, it will be a bank-to-bank transfer, and all I need from you is your cooperation to stand and claim this fund as the original supplier. All the paper work will be handled perfectly .

Think about it and give me a responds .

Regards.


William Xavier

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