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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: <williamchambers1975@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 20:16:54 +0100
Subject: YOUR ATTENTION IS NEEDED

Dear Sir,

I am Mr.William Smith writing on behalf of my client Mrs.Serena Jones from
Kuwait. She was married
to Dr.Harry Jones who worked with Kuwait embassy in Ivory Coast for nine
years before he died in the year
2000.They were married for eleven years without a child. He died after a
brief illness that lasted for only four days.

When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of$45m (forty-five
million U.S.Dollars) with one bank in london.
Presently, this money is still with the the bank in london.

I'm asking your partnership to transfer the fund to your account. I took
this decision because I don't have any child and my husband relatives are
not in good terms with me.


I don't need any telephone communication in this regard because of my
health and because of the presence of my husband's relatives
around me always. I don't want them to know about this
development. But you can always communicate with my Lawyer.

As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact at the bank
in london. I
will also issue a letter of authority via my lawyer that will prove you
as the original- beneficiary of this fund.

Hoping to hearing from you.

Thank you.

William Smith




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