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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: "DOCTOR BAMIYI" <williams_de_doctor@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 08:35:33 +0100
Subject: RE-ASSURANCE

FROM:Dr ROTIMI WILLIAMS
DIRECT PHONE:(234-8033898728)
to President / Managing Director.


Good day to you SIR Karen Wynn

My name is Dr ROTIMI WILLIAMS, the Manager, Credit and Foreign Bills of ALL
STATES
TRUST BANK . I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of my bank
with
account number 14-255-2004/ASTB/123-99 who perished in an auto-crash
with
the whole passengers aboard.

Since the demise of this our customer, I personally has watched with
keen
interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one
has
come to claim his funds of US$32,000,000.00 (Thirty Two Million United
States Dollar), which has been with my branch for a very long time.

On this note, I decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as the
next
of kin as no one has come up to be the next of kin. And the banking
ethics
here does not allow such money to stay more than four years, because
money
will be recalled to the bank treasury as unclaimed after this period.

Inview of this, I got your contact through a trade journal after
realizing
that your name and country is similar to the deceased. I will give you
40%
of the total.

Upon the receipt of your response, I will send you by fax or e-mail the
application,bank's fax number and the next step to take. I will not
fail to
bring to your notice that this business is hitch free and that you
should
not entertain any fear as all modalities for fund transfer can be
finalized
within seven banking days, after you apply to the bank as a relation to
the
deceased.

When you receive this letter, kindly send me an e-mail signifying your
interest including your most confidential telephone/fax numbers for
quick
communication.

Respectfully submitted,

Dr Obi Imala.

doctorwilliams656@hotmail.com
The Manager, Credit and Foreign Bill (All States Trust bank)

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