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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: =?iso-8859-1?q?william=20bruno?= <william_bruno2005@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: w_bruno2000@yahoo.fr
Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 14:36:10 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: NEXT OF KIN


J'ai une nouvelle adresse mailVous pouvez maintenant m'écrire à : william_bruno2005@yahoo.fr

Dear Friend


I am Barrister Bruno Williams ,a solicitor at law. I am the personal

Attorney To Mr Alex Sandox,a national of Australia , On Sunday,

December 25,

2003 my client was involved in an air crash which ocured in Benin

,Unfortunately he lost his life,For more information visit the below

websit.



www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/


I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property

left

behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared

unserviceable by

the Bank where this huge deposit was lodged. The bank where the

deceased had

an account valued at about $12.6 million (twelve million six hundred

thousand united states dollars only) , has issued me a notice to

provide the

next of kin or have the account Confiscated within the next twenty

official

working days.


Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives, I now seek

your

consent to present you as the next of kin Of the deceased since i could

not

locate any relations of his hence the Proceeds of this account valued

at

$12.6million dollars can be paid to you,subsequently to be shared among

us

If you agree, we can discuss your percentage. I have all necessary

Legal

documents that can be used to back up any claim,Kindly send to me the

below

informations-


a. Complete names


b. Private telephone number


All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this deal

Through. I guarantee that this will beunder a legitimate arrangement

that

will protect you from any breach of the law.Please your full contact

address

and phone# is required for quick action.


Awaiting your .you can email me through my alternate email.

w_bruno2000@yahoo.fr




Best regards,


Bruno Williams(esq)

Dear Friend


I am Barrister Bruno Williams ,a solicitor at law. I am the personal

Attorney To Mr Alex Sandox,a national of Australia , On Sunday,

December 25,

2003 my client was involved in an air crash which ocured in Benin

,Unfortunately he lost his life,For more information visit the below

websit.



www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/


I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property

left

behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared

unserviceable by

the Bank where this huge deposit was lodged. The bank where the

deceased had

an account valued at about $12.6 million (twelve million six hundred

thousand united states dollars only) , has issued me a notice to

provide the

next of kin or have the account Confiscated within the next twenty

official

working days.


Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives, I now seek

your

consent to present you as the next of kin Of the deceased since i could

not

locate any relations of his hence the Proceeds of this account valued

at

$12.6million dollars can be paid to you,subsequently to be shared among

us

If you agree, we can discuss your percentage. I have all necessary

Legal

documents that can be used to back up any claim,Kindly send to me the

below

informations-


a. Complete names


b. Private telephone number


All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this deal

Through. I guarantee that this will beunder a legitimate arrangement

that

will protect you from any breach of the law.Please your full contact

address

and phone# is required for quick action.


Awaiting your .you can email me through my alternate email.

w_bruno2000@yahoo.fr




Best regards,


Bruno Williams(esq)







- william bruno


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