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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: johnson walter <dr_johnsonwalter@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 12:59:35 +0100 (BST)
Subject: URGENT


Dear Ailad Kie,

I greet you from this end once again,and thank you very much for your quick response to my mail. Without much delay, I want to first thank you for your resolve in assisting me as a partner to actualise this transaction of our mutual benefits. As I did inform you in my last mail to you, it is very important you are very well disposed to the complete details on the pending transaction. This is very important because the transaction is very important to us and our lives at this time. Besides, the funds involved are quite hudge and this requires careful planing and perfecting of modalities for its complete and successfuly deposit of the funds in your nominated account. I have secure this email address for complete and direct communication with you. You should henceforth restrict our communication to this email address alone.
By virtue of my professional callings, i want to assure you that I know exactly what I am doing and as long as you follow my advice carefully, religiously and promptly, VICTORY will be surely ours in a matter of days and we would enjoy the proceeds of this transaction with absolute peace of mind. As I did inform you in my email to you, once you have completely accepted my terms and have a full understanding of what we have on ground, we shall proceed with the following; You should forward me your complete address and nominated account where you would want the funds transfered into once we have concluded with the neccessary paper work from here. This will include the names , address, tel/fax numbers of the bank. I will also need the swift code if avaliable. The paper work is very neccessary for final and complete officialisation of the transfer. As you must be aware now that i have received your information, we would have to transcribe it into a WILL nominating you as the
beneficiary of these funds. The WILL has to be re-prepared, endorsed , with all neccessary Stamps .The WILL also has to be backdated to reflect the actual period of writing and time of deposit of the funds. Once that is completed, I will proceed with the registration of the WILL at the PROBATE. This PROBATE registration is the most important part of this transaction. This is because it is the PROBATE that is responsible for the registration of the WILL into a legal document that would enable the holding bank release these funds according to your instruction. The PROBATE registration authenticates the WILL as a legal documents and mandates the holding company to release the funds without any delay. In other words the PROBATE is the binding and final authority that makes the entire transaction a legal tender without any prejudice.

The process of the PROBATE registration normally takes about 2-3 working days. During this process, the Justice department would carry out reconciliation,investigation and all neccessary autorisation would be carried out. Bear in mind that the PROBATE is under the Justice Department. Once they have carried out their own investigation and certify the WILL true and authentic, they will then carry out the registration and authentications with the neccessary stamps on it. Once that is concluded, then the deal is as good as concluded. At that point, all that would be left would be for you as the beneficiary of the funds to contact the holden financial house for the immediate release and transfer of the funds into your nominated account. This is carried out without any delay. I know this might sound very confusing to you, however bear in mind that I know very well what I am doing and would not do anything to jeopardise my good names or yours for your assisting me as a partner.

Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual business endeavour by furnishing me with the following;

1. Your Full Names and Address.
2. Direct Telephone and Fax numbers.

At this point, I would want us to have a direct communication so that we can not only get completely acquainted, but to also furnish you with other detail information you will need to know. You can feel free to reach me on my direct telephone number
+353 876 762 311. Also please ensure you read my mails in detail in between the lines and call my attention to any issue you are not clear about.Thank you once again as I look forward to an everlasting business relationship with you.
I await your response.

Johnson Walter



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