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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: kelvin william <kwilliam11@yahoo.ca>
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 05:10:48 -0500 (EST)
Subject: SORRY FOR DELAY (THE DETAIL)


DEAR SIR,

THANKS FOR YOUR ASSECPTANCE AND THE INFORMATION. I WON'T BE SURPRISE IF YOU ARE SKEPTICAL OVER THIS DEAL WHICH MIGHT SOUND STRANGE SINCE WE HAVE NOT MET FACE TO FACE BEFORE BUT BELIEVE ME GOD'S WAY IS DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF HUMAN BEINGS. THIS IS THE REASON WHY I NEED TO PUT YOU THROUGH TO THE TRUE PICTURE OF THIS RISK FREE DEAL WHICH MAINLY EXIST IN PART OF AFRICA HERE WHERE CORRUPTION AND LOOTING IS THE ORDER OF THE DAY HENCE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IN HIGH POSITIONS USES THIS MEAN TO DIVERT MONIES ABROAD BY FOREIGNERS LIKE YOU FOR THEIR FUTURE INVESTMENT IF THEY RETIRE OR BEEN FIRED FROM OFFICE SINCE OUR STAY IN OFFICE DOES NOT LAST LONG DUE TO CHANGES IN GOVERNMENT WHICH ALWAYS ALLOW RE-SHUFFLING OF OFFICES. I WANT YOU TO BENEFIT FROM THIS OPPORTUNITY WHICH I BELIEVE MY CONTACT TO YOU AMONG EVERY PERSON IN THE WHOLE WORLD IS DIVINE. BEFORE CONTACTING YOU, I HAD SERIES OF PRAYERS AND FASTING FOR DIVINE DIRECTION TO AN HONEST AND TRUSTWORTHY PERSON WHO WILL NOT BETRAY ME ONCE
THE FUND IS IN HIS CUSTODY.
HERE IS BRIEF INFORMATION ABOUT THIS DEAL: BACKGROUND
I AM 41 YEARS OLD BORN IN KUMASI-GHANA, WITH 2 CHILDREN (ONE BOY AND ONE GIRL FROM MY FORMER WIFE. I AM NOW IN NEW MARRIAGE WITH ANOTHER WIFE.

DESCRIPTION:
WE ARE HIGHLY PLACED COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF ECOWAS WHICH
I AM PRESENTLY THE HEAD PRIMARILY FOR CONTRACT AWARDS,
EVALUATION, VETTING, APPRAISAL AND APPROVAL OF THE PAYMENT WHICH WILL BE PAID TO YOU SUBSEQUENTLY. IN THE COURSE OF DISCHARGING OUR DUTIES, WE INTENTIONALLY INFLATED CONTRACT PAYMENTS OF THE ORIGINAL CONTRACTORS. AFTER THE ORIGINAL CONTRACTORS HAS BEEN DULY PAID OFF THEIR CONTRACT AMOUNT, IT IS THEN LEFT WITH THE INFLATED SUM OF $45.5 MILLION USD. HENCE I AND MY COLLEAGUES HAVE DECIDED TO LOOK FOR A TRUSTED FOREIGNER WHO WILL ASSIST US SAFEGUARD THIS FUND INTO HIS/HER ACCOUNT. FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THIS DEAL, YOU ARE ENTITLED TO 30% OF THE TOTAL FUND, WHILE 65% WILL BE KEPT ON TRUST BY YOU TILL WE ARRIVE YOUR COUNTRY AND 5% WILL BE USED TO DEFRAY ANY INCIDENTAL CHARGES WE MAY INCUR IN THE COURSE OF THE TRANSFER.
NOTE: THE TRUST DEPOSED ON YOU IS ENORMOUS HENCE I NEED YOUR COMMITTED CO-OPERATION, SINCERELY AND TRANSPARENCY, YOU SHOULD ALSO TAKE THIS TRANSFER AS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY IN YOUR LIFE SINCE THIS TRANSACTION WILL DEFINITELY CHANGE OUR LIFE AT THE END AND WE WILL BE RICH FOREVER IN THE NAME OF GOD.
REMEMBER THAT SUCCESS OF THIS DEAL WILL ALSO DEPEND ON HOW SECRECY IT IS KEPT NO MATTER YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PERSON EVEN WHEN THE FUND HAS BEEN CONFIRMED IN YOUR ACCOUNT AS WE WILL NOT LIKE ANYTHING THAT WILL JEOPARDIZES OUR LONG STAY WITH ECOWAS. KEEP ALL THE DOCUMENTS OF THIS TRANSACTION ONLY TO YOUR SELF UNTIL THE TRANSACTION IS OVER WHICH AFTER THE SHARING OF THE FUND, ALL THE DOCUMENTS HAS TO BE DESTROYED TO AVOID TRACING. DO NOT WORRY; I AM HERE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION.
PROCEDURE
SOON AS AN APPLICATION WHICH I WILL SEND TO YOU AFTER I RECEIVE YOUR FURTHER ACCEPTANCE IS APPROVED BY ECOWAS CONTRACT PAYMENT BUREAU, THROUGH ECOWAS FUND UNIT AFTER PROPER SCRUTINY/VERIFICATION HAS BEEN CONDUCTED, ECOWAS CONTRACT PAYMENT BUREAU WILL THEN INFORM YOU OFFICIALLY, AFTER WHICH ECOWAS BANKER WILL BE INSTRUCTED TO WIRE THE APPROVED FUND INTO YOUR ACCOUNT. THE PAYING BANK WILL ALSO CONTACT YOU OFFICIALLY WITH LEGAL DOCUMENTS OF THE TRANSFER THAT WILL CONFIRM YOU AS THE BONA FIDE OWNER OF THE FUND AND WILL EQUALLY FAX THE TRANSFER DOCUMENTS TO YOUR RECEIVING BANK TO PUT OFF ANY DOUBT ON THE SOURCE OF THE FUND, AND WILL FURTHER CONVINCE THEM THAT THE FUND IS LEGAL CONTRACT MONEY NOT DRUG/MONEY LAUNDERING/TERRORIST RELATED FUND HENCE YOU SHOULD NOT DISCLOSE TO YOUR BANK ABOUT THE INCOMING FUND AS YOUR BANK WILL CONTACT YOU ONCE THE FUND REACHES YOUR ACCOUNT. THERE IS NOTHING LIKE MONEY FOR TERRORIST OR ANTI-DRUGS FOR ANY TRANSFER. IF ANYONE ASKED YOU, PLEASE BEWARE,
IT IS A FRAUD.
PROPOSAL
OUR DREAM IS AFTER THIS FUND HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY TRANSFERRED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT, WE AND OUR FAMILIES WILL COME OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY TO SHARE THE FUND ACCORDING TO THE AGREED PERCENTAGES AND SUBSEQUENTLY INVEST OUR SHARE OF THE FUND IN YOUR COUNTRY SUBJECT TO YOUR SUPERVISION WHERE WE WILL LIVE THROUGHOUT OUR LIFE. PLEASE YOUR MAJOR ROLE IS TO RESEARCH ON WHERE WE WILL INVEST OUR SHARE OF THE FUND AS WE ARE CIVIL SERVANTS AND HAVE LITTLE OR NO KNOWLEDGE ABOUT BUSINESS ENTERPRISES. I WANT TO RE-ASSURE YOU THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE AS IT HAS BEEN COVERED FROM ANY ACT OF INQUIRY FROM WHATSOEVER BUT WE ONCE MORE SOLICIT YOUR CONFIDENTIALITY IN THIS DEAL AS WE WILL NOT LIKE ANYTHING THAT WILL JEOPARDIZES THE PROGRESS OF THIS TRANSACTION.

LEGALITY
TO STAND THE BETTER CHANCE OF GETTING THE FUND APPROVED ON YOUR BEHALF, HENCE WE HAVE CHOSEN TO FOLLOW THE OFFICIAL PROCESS OF PROCESSING APPLICATION IN OUR ORGANIZATION SO THAT ONCE THE PAYMENT FILE IS BROUGHT FOR SCRUTINY BY THE ECOWAS APPROVAL UNIT, WE WILL HAVE 100% CHANCES OF GETTING THE APPROVAL. TO MAKE OUR CLAIM AUTHENTIC, I WILL HAVE TO REGISTER YOUR COMPANY NAME AT ECOWAS CONTRACTOR'S REGISTRY AS A CONTRACTOR WITH ECOWAS AS AT THE TIME THE CONTRACT WAS EXECUTED. THE ARRANGEMENT TO DO THIS HAS BEEN PERFECTED. THIS IS ONE OF THE CRITERIA NEEDED BEFORE GETTING CONTRACT FROM ECOWAS.
PLEASE IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO PARTICIPATE FULL IN THIS TRANSACTION, YOU ARE FREE TO SAY NO NOW, THAT THE TRANSACTION HAS NOT BEEN DOCUMENTED ON YOUR NAME AS WE WILL NOT LIKE ANY DISAPPOINTMENT IN BETWEEN THE TRANSACTION RATHER LETS US BE ORDINARY FRIENDS.
IF THIS DEAL FURTHER INTEREST YOU, BELOW IS SAMPLE OF THE OFFICIAL APPLICATION TO BE SENT TO ECOWAS CONTRACT PAYMENT BUREAU THROUGH ECOWAS FUND HEADQUARTER, LOME - REPUBLIC OF TOGO. TO STRENGTHEN THE SECURITY NETWORK, PLEASE LET US TAKE OUR COMMUNICATION CODE WORD TO BE "PROGRESS" WHEN YOU OR I CALL YOU. AND PLEASE ONLY WITH THIS NUMBER WILL YOU BE CALLING ME. IF YOU WISH TO FIND OUT FURTHER ABOUT THE EXISTENCE OF OUR ORGANIZATION, WE HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING TO PROTECT THIS DEAL AS HERE LIES OUR FUTURE. A WORD IS ENOUGH FOR THE WISE.
HOPING TO HEAR FROM YOU IN GOD WE TRUST
NOTE:
I AM NOT THE FIRST PERSON TO CARRY OUT THIS KIND OF BUSINESS AND I AM VERY SURE I WILL NOT BE THE LAST, EVEN IF I DECIDE NOT SIPHONED OUT THIS FUNDS SOME OTHER PERSON WILL STILL DO IT AND BENEFIT AND CONTINUE TO RULE OVER PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO WANT TO BE HONEST TO THE SOCIETY. IN CASE IF YOU DON�T KNOW, IT IS NOT PECULIAR TO ECOWAS ORGANISATION ALONE NOR AFRICAN COUNTRIES EITHER BUT ALL OVER THE WORLD.
THERE IS NO GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL IN ALL OVER THE WORLD WHO CAN SWEAR THAT HIS HANDS ARE TOO CLEAN AS FAR AS OVER INVOICING OR MANIPULATION OF PUBLIC FUNDS IS CONCERN, EVEN RECENTLY IT WAS IN THE NEWS OF HOW SOME UNITED STATES AND UNITED NATIONS REPRESENTATIVE IN IRAQ AWARDED SOME FICTITIOUS CONTRACT AND HOW THEYAWARDED SOME JUICY OIL DEAL TO THE COMPANIES THEY HAVE INTEREST ON. WHY, YOU MAY ASK, THE ANSWER IS VERY STRAIGHT.
NO BODY WANT TO REMAIN POOR ONCE YOU HAVE ANY OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE STANDARD AND I BELIEVE THAT I HAVE SERVED AND CONTRIBUTED MY OWN GOOD MEASURE TO THE GOOD OF ECOWAS AND I CAN NOT SEE ANYTHING WRONG IF I SHOULD RETIRE AS A FULFILLED PERSON. I DON�T KNOW ANY OTHER WAY TO EXPLAIN THIS WHOLE THING TO YOU IN OTHER TO MAKE SENSE, BUT ONE THING I WOULD TELL YOU IS THAT YOU SHOULD NOT ALLOW SENTIMENT TO AFFECT YOUR SENSE OF REASONING, TRY AND BE MATURED IN REASONING SO THAT WE CAN BOTH BENEFIT THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY THAT I HAVE EXTENDED TO YOU.

I AWAITS YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.
DR. KELVIN WILLIAM



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