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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: "william chax" <williamchax06@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: w.chax003@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 03:01:34 +0200
Subject: FROM WILLIAMS

William Chambers
13Th Shaa Road
Acton Centre W3 7LN,
London, United
Kingdom.
+44 7024072553

Dear Friend,

I am Mr. William Chax, a solicitor at law. I
am the personal attorney to Mr. Rafik Hariri, a minister of Lebanon.
The Late Prime Minister, Mr. Rafik Hariri who is now dead, he has a huge
investment here in the United Kingdom and all over the world, please
log on to
(http://www.hariri.info) for all details about him and I
know that this message will come to you as a surprise as we don't know
ourselves before, My client {Rafik} deposited as family belongings in a
bank here in London, the sum of £30 Million British Pound, with the
hope of transferring it to his country as soon as he is on leave. Since
his death I have made several attempts to locate any of my clients
extended relatives, but this attempt so far has been unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, hence I contacted you. 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 the deposit was made.

Now the Bank
has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the money
confiscated within the next fourteen official working days. Since I
have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years now.
I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased.
All legal documents to aid your claim for this fund and to prove your
relationship with the deceased will be arranged for. Your help will be
appreciated with 30% of the total sum.

All I require is your honest co-
operation to enable us seeing this deal through. I guarantee that this
will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you
from any breach of the law. Please accept my apologies, keep my
confidence and disregard this letter if you do not appreciate this
proposition I have offered you. However, if you do please include your
phone and fax number in your response for better communication. God
bless you and your family.

Regards,
Barr William
+44 702 407 2553

You can log on below websites to read and view more about my client sudden
death and background

(http://www.hariri.info)
http://www.hariri.info/rafik-hariri/photos-last-hours.asp
http://www.hariri.info/rafik-hariri/photos-assassination.asp
http://www.hariri.info/rafik-hariri/photos-assassination-2.asp
http://www.hariri.info/rafik-hariri/photos-funeral.asp
http://www.hariri.info/rafik-hariri/photos-funeral-2.asp

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