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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: "duruwilliams2004@tiscali.it" <duruwilliams2004@tiscali.it>
Reply-To: mrduruwilliams_490@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 14:42:56 +0100
Subject: URGENT REPLY

Aton: Sir
Compliments of the day!
I got your contact on my private search for a reliable
and trusted person to handle a transaction of this
nature. I know that the contents of the mail might
sound so strange, but I want to Assure you
that every word of it is true.


I am the Director of Operation of metropolitan Bank
Plc. We had a customer,a Foreigner (Swedish)
resident in Nigeria. He was a contractor to one of
the government parastatals. He has in his account
with my bank the sum of US$24.5M.


Unfortunately, the man died a year ago and has been
buried. Our banking law implies that upon the death
of a customer, all deposit of the customer shall be
transferred to his nearest next of kin. It was
however, surprising to us that since his death,
no one has come to claim his fund as his next of kin.


We have equally made several attempts to locate any
possible next of kin to the man, but to no avail.
Until today, the fund still remain unclaimed.
Consequently, I want to inform you that since the
funds have remained unclaimed, it is my intention to
retrieve the money. But due to our banking policy,
I cannot personally retrieve the money as I occupy a
high position in the banking industry. I Mr Duru
Williams was conferred with the National Honor of
Member of the Order the Federal Republic[MFR} by
the Federal Government of Nigeria. This award is
an affirmation of my high level of professionalism
and ethical standard, as well as my other contributions
to the society at large. So an attempt by me to
retrieve the funds personally will be a serious jeopardy of my
integrity in office as everybody and the government
has held me to a high esteem, as evident in the MFR
award recently conferred on me.

Having noticed this, I in collaboration with
another top executive of the ! bank, Mr. Godwin
Emefiele who was recently elevated to the position
of Deputy Managing Director have perfectly covered
up the account till this moment otherwise it would
have been frozen.


Our intention now is to front you as the next of kin
to the deceased customer so that the money will be
paid to you. We will use our position, authority and
influence in the bank to actualize this, getting all
necessary internal and external documentation to
back up your being fronted as the next of kin. This is
therefore assuring you that there is no risk what
so ever involved in this transaction.


What we need now is your response of your interest
to participate. Thereafter we will furnish you with
the details of the procedure. As soon as you receive
this message,kindly get back to me indicating your
interest, them I will furnish you with the whole
procedure to ensure you that this deal is
successfully concluded.


We are ready to negotiate the mode of sharing with
you. I will visit your country for the
disbursement/investing of Our share according to the
percentages we agreed upon after the successful
transfer of the money to your account.
To effect the immediate transfer of the fund, Upon the
receipt of your reply, I will send to you by e-mail a text
of the application which you shall retype and e-mail
to the bank for easy execution of the transaction as
you must apply first to the bank as next of kin to
the deceased.

Considering, the nature of this transaction and our
position in office we ask that you try to keep this
transaction secret between only us.
I await your response.
Regards,
Mr. Duru Williams.
(Director of Operations metropolitan Bank ltd.)
NB: PLEASE REPLY THROUGH MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS:
(mrduruwilliams@yahoo.com)

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