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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: henrywisdom10@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 15:20:21 +0200
Subject: GOOD DAY

Dear
BUSINESS PROPOSAL / CONFIDENTIAL

May I crave your indulgence to open this business discussion with you by
an informal letter of this sort? It is pertinent that a business of this
magnitude should have commenced properly with a formal meeting between you
and us to enable both parties know ourselves, have a fore knowledge of the
nature of the business, discuss and acquaint ourselves with the responsibilities
and functions of both parties and appropriate shares accordingly. But as
a result of the urgency of this operation I have decided to contact you by
E-mail to hear from you first before planning on the next line of action
My Name is Henry wisdom,I am a vault Manager with a security company here
in Germany. This transaction if handled with outmost care and secrecy will
be successfully concluded within 10 days. In the year 2003 before the beginning
of the American led Coalition war in Iraq, a deposit of a consignment was
made here in our company by the late son of the former president of Iraq
Saddam Huesein Mr, Qusai Hussein who was recently killed by the American
Soldiers in Iraq.
Ouasai Hussein made this deposit personally and no one in my office at this
moment knows that this consignment belongs to him only me and my friend who
is the Computer Lodgment officer in our company. We have tried to investigate
the content of this box and found out that the consignment contains money
and in cash, worth US$65,000.000.00 (Sixty Five Million dollars), No one
else in our office knows about the content and the owner of this consignment
as this was declared as family valuables. We have therefore decided to find
a way to take away this consignment from our office and move the money out.
Hence we are looking for a trustworthy person internationally who will come
forward to claim this consignment.
I have to made necessary arrangements for the change of ownership of this
consignment to anybody name who is willing to work with us within 10 working
days of receipt of the information?s we will need from you, we will do the
change of ownership, so that no one in our office will ever know what is
going on and move the consignment away from here to any of our company agents
outside Germany to any other part of Europe where it will be easy to claim
the items. If this proposal meets your interest please get back to me immediately
in my alternative email Address(henrywisdom70@myway.com) by giving me your
telephone numbers to enable me give to you further details on how we have
planned to carry this operation smoothly. As soon as I receive your response,
I will also give to you my private telephone number for easy communication
your urgent response awaited.
Yours faithfully
MR Henry Wisdom
Germany



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