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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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Please note about this email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Jonathan Wooding ." <internatncorp@corpaffiliates.org>
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 02:26:44 +0000
Subject: GREAT PROPOSAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

INTERNATIONAL CONSOLIDATED ENERGY CORPORATION
Corporate/operational hq; Rumuokoro housing estate, Plot 343 estate
Road,Rivers state

From the stable of;
Mr Jonathan Wooding Jr,
Legal/financial consultant,
Internatn.Consol.Energy Corp
234-8027723351,234-8034231338

Dearest one,

Greetings and compliments of the day.I am Mr Jonathan Wooding Jr,Legal
and Financial Consultant to International consolidated energy
corporation;Multinational oil servicing, drilling and offshore
operational
oil
firm.The firm has interest in various oil fields in west and central
africa
and is also in vested interest in some firms in north and central
america.

A major shareholder of the Corporation;Sir Dani Williams is critically
ill
and
he holds a 35% shareholding interest in the multinational firm.The
shares
are vested in the name of his adopted child;Donatella Ells Williams,
and
from reliable information gathered, the child is not aware of such
investment transaction on his name.

I just need your co-operation and consent that you are the adopted
child in
order for us to be able to acquire the said sum of his 35% investment
of
divident amounting to $28,428,356;48 divident payment on his investment
for year 2004.

you will be contacted with details used by him in obtaining the stated
shares on behalf of his adopted child after receiving your response and
we will later negotiate on the ratio in which the proceeds will be
shared
between the parties involved.

kindly reply earnestly as dividents are alredy been prepared and
process
to be paids to his adopted childs account in amsterdam and
switzerland.please,kindly reply soonest using any of this correpondence
email addresses;Lucy Wells;exec.dir.Finance & Administration; on
lucy_wells009@yahoo.com,or adminstrative director;anderson smith on
internatncorpaffiliate@canada.com.

Yours faithfully,
Jonathan Wooding Jr,
Legal & Financial consultant,
Internatn.Consolidated Energy
corporation.

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