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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: "LAW OFFICE NL" <admin1@lawofficeuk.org>
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 13:10:39 +0000
Subject: BENEFICIARY UPDATE

BENEFICIARY UPDATE
FROM THE DESK OF THE LAW OFFICE,
LAW OFFICE TRUSTEES AND EXECUTORS
Amsterdam,The Netherlands (HEADQUARTERS)

BENEFICIARY NUMBER: 12
CONSIGNMENT NUMBER: WIELP/LP/37239/80327/662

BEQUEST NOTIFICATION .

REMINDER:This is sequel to your non response of our earlier
letter to you on behalf of the Trustees and Executors
to the Will of late Hon Engr.Billy Scotts(KSM),I
wish to notify you that you were listed as a
beneficiary to the bequest of the sum of TWO Million
One Hundred Thousand US Dollars in the codicil and
last testament of the deceased. The late Engr. Billy
Scotts until his death was a former Managing Director
and pioneer staff of a big construction company Julius
Berger BV in the Netherlands. He was a very dedicated
Sufis and a great philanthropist during his life time.

Late Hon. Billy Scotts died on 9th February 2004 at
the age of 68,He was buried on the 23rd of February.
Late Hon. Billy Scotts even though he was an American
living and working in Holland as a foreigner he
requested before his death that he be buried here in
his words, "I regard here as My home and the people as
my people". He said that this token is to support your
ministry and help to the less- privileged. We sent
an e-mail to you on March 30th 2005 but we received no response.
Please hurryup with your claim because the security company
updated us that demurage has started accumulating on your
funds and you might pay for the charges.

Congratulations.

Yours faithfully,

Mrs Ingrid Van Mulder
public relation officer
Liverpool, England.
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel:+447031918004, +447031918009

Please contact the senior attorney of late Hon Engr.Billy Scotts(KSM)
Barrister Newman Ozah with your consignment number to avoid mixup and for
the purpose of confidentiality, please send your
response to his private e-mail: newmanoz@hotmail.com


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