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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 JACK" <drwilliamsjack@anpmall.net>
Reply-To: <drwilliamsedwinjack2007@yahoo.de>
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 20:35:54 +1030
Subject: PLEASE READ AND GET BACK TO ME ASAP.

Dear Sir
First, I must apologise to you for using this medium to communicate to
you about this project.

I am a highly placed Government official of Nigeria and also a
founding member of the ruling party in Power,the Peoples Democratic
Party(PDP).


My committee - The Niger Delta Development Commission(NDDC)-which is in
charge of managing and supervising the disbursement of oil sales
revenues for the Nigerian government which covers payment to foreign
and local contractors who has executed contracts for our country.The
revenues under our control runs into several hundred of millions of
dollars monthly.My self and other colleagues in the NDDC are currently
in need of a foreign partner with whose bank account we shall transfer
the sum of Forty Nine Million Five Hundred Thosand United States
Dollars($49.5m).This fund was accrued from various over invoicing of
foreign contractors payments made over the years.

However, by virtue of our position as civil servants and members of the
NDDC, we cannot acquire this funds in our name. This is because as top
civil servants, we are not allowed by law of the land to own or operate
bank accounts outside our country for now.

I have been delegated as a matter of trust by my colleagues,to look for
an overseas partner in whose account we would transfer the fund Hence
the reason for this mail.The fund shall be Transferred into your bank
account with your company as the beneficiary .
however note that this transaction, with regards to our
disposition to continue with you, is subject to the following terms.

(1) our conviction of your transparency.

(2) that you treat this transaction with utmost secrecy and
confidentiality.

(3)Opon the receipt of your response the percentage for so doing will
be negotiated.

The transaction is legitimate and there is no risk or legal
disadvantages either to ourselves or yourself now or in the future as
we have put in place perfect machineries that will ensure a hitch free
transfer of the fund into your bank account .

As soon as I receive your positive response(i.e) Your full name and adsdress,your contact phone number as well as your banking information where to transfer the fund into, we shall begin the
transaction on a good note because it will only take fifteen working
banking days for the fund to be confirmed into your bank account.

Should you be interested, please respond .
Yours faithfully,
Williams Edwin Jack.





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