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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: "frank williams" <frank1williams@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 17:13:57 +0000
Subject: URGENT



ATTENTION, THE PRESIDENT C. E. O
email=franwill_2001@yahoo.co.uk
I am Barrister.FRANK WILLIAMS, lawyer to late Mr.
Morris Thompson who lost his life in plane crash involving
Alaska Airline's Flight 261, which crashed on January
31st.year2000, including his wife late madam Thelma and only daughter late
miss shery.
Mr. Morris
Thompson aged 61 hailed from Fairbanks, Alaska in United
States of America. He was one of the states's most
prominent native and business leader. All these you are
very free to verify from the website below for more
information and clarification about his socio-economic
status until his death;
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
and
http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html

Before the demise of my client, he disclosed to me
his account status, valued (40.5M euro)
Sterling ( fourty million five hundred thousand euros.
He also handed over to me some vital
copies of documents regarding this fund already trapped at
global & finance security company at holland europe .
I was at the last burial rights on February,5th,2000 to pay
my final respect to Late Mr.MorrisThompson.There I made
thorough inquiries about his relatives but,discovered that no
one of his relatives knows about this fund currently sited at
global & finance security company at holland europe
Since then, I have made successive attempts to
get his next of kin or relatives to come forth and claim
this fund but to no avail. As personal lawyer to my
client, I cannot in any way claim it unless someone
overseas does so. Just two weeks ago, I received a routine
notification from global & finance security companty europe concerning this
fund, and the officials of this seccurity company issued a warning,
stressing the urgency for late Mr. Morris Thompson's
relative or next of kin to come forward to claim this fund
immediately or they will have it confiscated and forwarded
to the nation's treasury account as an unclaimed fund. This
is the agreement they have reached at the seccurity company at europe and
they
also reiterated that this is according to their company
guidelines.
MY REQUEST;

Owing to the fact that his daughter late miss shery whom should have stand
a better chance of claiming this fund, also perished in
that fatal air crash,I want you to stand in as the next of
kin to late Mr. Morris Thompson.Like I earlier asserted,I
have in my possession the necessary documents that will
enable me to place you in,as the right beneficiary to my
late client's fund at the security company europe. Be informed that upon
successful transfer of this money into your account,you
shall have 35% of it as your share. I must remind you that
trust and transparency must be our watchword in the course
of this transaction.
I will discuss with you in details when I receive your response.
Please include the following in your reply.
(1.)Your Name in full.
(2.)A reliable phone number
(3.)Occupation
I look forward to receiving your reply soon.
Yours sincerelly,
Barrister. FRANK WILLIAMS.
Legal Equity Law Firm (Attorneys and Solicitors)
note your reply should be forwarded to my confidential
private email address via franwill_2001@yahoo.co.uk


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