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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: "w q" <wiu400400@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: rbill111@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 20:24:52 +0000
Subject: ATENTION: PLEASE.

ATENTION: PLEASE.

Hello Dear,

How are you? I hope fine. How is work? I guess all right. Please I got your
email address while browsing through the net and I know you are a very
reputable person because I believe you are.

Please I want you to know that this transaction can only take place if you
agree with your heart to help me out and have no doubts nor get scared.

As you know from the mail, we want to put you in as the next of kin of
thelate Engr John Creek who until his death has an account with our bank
with a closing account of us$18m and since his death nobody has come up to
claim this money from our bank.

>From the information's gathered in the late Engr creek's file there is no
trace to anybody who has any blood relationship with the late Engr, this
makes us know that once there is an application from any foreigner applied
to the bank, in respect of this fund, the bank will have no alternative than
to transfer the money to the person.

For your assistance we will give you 30%, while we retain 60% and 10% will
be used to offset any bill incurred in this transaction. If this is okay by
you,please i will like you to mail me immediately on my private email
address: [EMAILPROTECTED:rbill111@yahoo.com] so that we can go on.

Yours faithfully,

Robert Bill


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