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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: "P M" <b391d@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: hp11b@brasilia.net
Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2007 17:21:07 +0000
Subject: Mail from Peter......call me

Hello

I am Barr. Peter Moore.Attorney to Late Mr james williams a foreigner and an
Engineer with Renold construction company(RCC).

Late james williams has an account with a Bank here,which he opened in 2003.

He died here in Uk 2004,I received a memo early this year from the Bank
remittance department for an interview about $14M USD that belongs to my
client Late Mr james williams,the bank informed me on their policy to freeze
the account of Late Mr james williams, I was asked to redirect the ($14m
usd) back to government treasury because they saw no next of kin in his
entire file within the bank and his account has been dormant for years which
is against the policy of the Bank.
I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner as the
foreign beneficiary to that fund.
I have resolved to share the money in this ratio.50% for me,35% for you,10%
for the remittance manager in the bank who has agreed to guide us for the
success of our objectives and 5% for expences we might incure in the
processing of this transaction.
I will need your full name and address including telephone and fax number
for the internal processing of the fund.
I will start the internal processing of the required documents to back up
our claim on receipt of all the required information from you which was
given above.
I will give you further details on the entire process when I receive your
positive response.
Call me with this number +44 704 010 6683
Regards
Barr. Peter Moore esq

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