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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: "willy jones" <willy_jones_007@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: willy_jones006@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 17:34:32 -1000
Subject: Her Excellency, late Dr. Mrs Stella Obasanjo

>From Advocate Willy Jones (BLS, MBA ,SAN)
Willy Jones & Associate. .
DATE:-18-01-2006

I crave your indulgence for the unsolicited nature of this letter, but it
was borne out of desperation and current development. Please bear with
me.
I am Advocate Willy Jones (BLS, MBA ,SAN) a solicitor at law. I
was the Personal attorney to Her Excellency, late Dr. Mrs Stella
Obasanjo, wife of the president of the federal republic of Nigeria His
Excellency
President Olusegun Obasanjo, Herein after shall be referred to as my client.
On the Sunday, October 23, 2005 , my client Her Excellency Dr. Mrs
Stella Obasanjo had traveled to Spain to undergo surgery and died from
complications resulting from that surgery. I have contacted you to
assist in repatriating the money she deposited with a diplomatic unit in
United Arab Emirate, (Dubai) . U.A.E with no name as beneficiary of the
fund,
hoping she will use the money abroad and register it with the name of her
biological family. I am the only person who knows about this as her personal
lawyer in U.A.E ..Nobody knows that she is the real owner of the fund,
because i helped her to register the fund with another name (TAGED
PERSONAL EFFECT WITH THE U.A.E DIPLOMATIC UNIT ) as the owner of the fund,
so as to prevent the federal ministry of finance from her country from
probing the fund
I seek your consent, to present you as the foreign beneficiary of the
deposit , so that the proceeds of this account valued at $29.5 million
Dollars can be paid to you and then you and i can share the money in your
country or as you may advice, 60% shall be for me and 40% for you. I
would get all necessary legal documents from U.A.E that would be needed and
used to back up this claim which is very important. All I require is your
honest co-operation to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee
that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect
you
and I from any breach of law.This deal is strictly confidential.
For further clarification about her death, see the
Website below: www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/10/23/obasanjo.obituary
More so. Do not fail to send me your telephone number with which I
would be able to call you, so we can talk and discuss extensively one-on-one
as
regards this deal.
I look forward to your urgent response.
Yours In Service.

Advocate Willy Jones (BLS, MBA ,SAN)

For Dr Stella Obasanjo ( Late First Lady Of Nigeria.)


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