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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 about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "william raymond" <williamraymondhope@sympatico.ca>
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 17:43:09 +0000
Subject: FUND TRANSFER

FUND TRANSFER
FROM: WLLIAM R. HOOPER
EMAIL: williamraymond50@netscape.net


Good Day,

I hope my email meets you well. I am in need of your assistance. My name is
WLLIAM R. HOOPER. I am in the Engineering military unit here in Ba'qubah in
Iraq; we have about $9.5 Million US Dollars that we want to move out of the
country. My partners and I need a good partner abroad, someone we can trust.
It is oil money and legal.

We want to move it through diplomatic means, to send it to your house
directly or a bank of your choice using diplomatic service. The most
important thing is that we need a trust worthy partner.

Once the funds get to you, you shall be entitled to 40% as your share for
assisting in facilitating to secure the funds. All you are expected to do is
to find a safe place where the funds can be sent kept. We have taken the
necessary precautions to ensure that your personality and reputation is well
protected from any authority what ever. Secondly, this deal requires
absolute confidentiality.

If you are interested, I will furnish you with more details. But the whole
process is simple and we must keep a low profile at all times.

I look forward to your reply and co-operation, and I thank you in advance as
I anticipate your co-operation. You can reach me via email:
williamraymond50@netscape.net


Waiting to hear from you.


Regards,



WLLIAM R. HOOPER



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