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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: "williams parker" <williams_parker12@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: william221@compaqnet.fr
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 03:53:08 +0000
Subject: ASSISTANCE

ALTERNATIVE EMAIL (william221@compaqnet.fr)

Dear Friend,

My name is Williams Parker, I am a senior banker in a bank here in the
UnitedKingdom. I am contacting You for a business transfer, of a huge sum of
money from a deceased account. Though I know that a transaction of this
magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you
that everything documents that will bring about the success of this
transaction would be provided, and all will be well at the end of the day. I
decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction.

The deceased person who died Neal Walker died in an air crash along with his
wife on the 31st October 1999 in an Egyptian airline 990 with other
passengers on board was an American Oil consultant/contractor with the
Chinese Solid Minerals Corporation. You can confirm his death from the
website below which was published by BBC WORLD NEWS.

WEBSITE.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm
Since his death, none of his next-of-kin are alive to make claims for this
money as his heir, because they all died in the same accident himself and
his wife (May their soul rest in peace). We cannot release the fund from his
account unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased
as indicated in our banking guidelines.

Upon this discovery, I now seek your permission to have you stand as a next
of kin to the deceased, as all documentations will be carefully worked to
make you the beneficiary to the funds #6,100 000 00 GBP (Six million, one
hundred thousand Great British pounds sterling) which will be released in
your favor as the next of kin. Because after six years the money will be
called back tothe bank bond treasury as unclaimed bills and the money shared
amongst the directors of the bank. so it is on this note I decided to seek
for whom his name shall be used as the next of kin/beneficiary to this funds
rather than allow the bank directors to share this money amongst themselves
at the
end of the year.

It may interest you to know that we have secured from the probate an order
of mandamus to locate any of the deceased beneficiaries. Please acknowledge
receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual Business endeavor by
furnishing me with the following information if you are interested.

1. Full names and address,
2. Telephone and fax Number.
3. your occupation.

For our personal contact and mutual trust in each other. I shall be
compensating you with 35% of the above amount on final conclusion of this
project for your assistance, the balance 65% shall be for me ,because I
intend to retire after the conclusion of this transaction . If this proposal
is acceptable by you, please endeavor to contact me immediately to my
private email address Do not take undue advantage of the trust I have
bestowed in you.And please make sure that you respond back to me via my
alternative email:william221@compaqnet.fr

I await your urgent mail.

Best Regards,

Mr.Williams Parker


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