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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: "Williams Duke" <williams_duke01@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2006 23:53:28 +0100
Subject: Letter From Williams,Reply Back Immediately.

Dear Friend,
I am a staff of Natwest Bank London. I am writing following an opportunity
in my office that will be of imense benefit to both of us.In my department
we discovered an abandoned sum of £10.5million British Pounds Sterling (Ten
million five hundred thouand British Pounds) in an account that belongs to
one of our foreign customers Late Mr. Morris Thompson an American who
unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261
which crashed on January 31 2000, including his wife and only daughter.You
shall read more about the crash on visiting this
site.http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/and Now the bank
has been waiting for any of the relatives to come-up for the claim but
nobody has done that.

I personally has been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for 2 years
now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin / Will
Beneficiary to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at
10.5Million pounds can be paid to you. This will be disbursed or shared in
these percentages, 60% to me and 40% to you. I will secure all necessary
legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make. All I
require is your honest Co-operation, Confidentiality and Trust to enable us
see this transaction through.I guarantee you that this will be executed
under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the
law. Please, provide me the following:

1. Full Name
2. Your Telephone Number
3. Your Contact Address.

Your urgent response will be highly anticipated and appreciated through this
private email address: williams_duke03@yahoo.com.au

Best regards,
WILLIAM DUKE

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