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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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Fraud email example:

From: "REV.FR. WALKER PHILL" <fr.walkerphill@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <rev.walkerphill@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 10:48:34 -0400
Subject: MESSAGE FROM REV. WAKER PHILL


My Dearly beloved

It's nice to finally hearing from you what happened to you? I have
emailed you three times already, but it seems that there may be some problem with your email as I have not yet received a reply so I guess your old mailbox no longer seems to work. I found this letter in my inbox which I am sure was from you so I am trying this email address also.Your telephone number no longer seems to work either.

I have withdrawn the $45,250 payment from the bank as our agreement
requires,and I am ready to send it to you to the designated account
information you are yet to provide. Before I send it to you, of course we need to follow our agreed procedure lastly and our modus operandi

I need the name and details of the account information
to have the $45,250 transfered to you.

As i lost the initial information that i sent the first payment to, as
soon as i receives the account information from you I will then
transfer the full amount of Forty five thousand two hundred and fifty dollars
to your designated account.

Please remember that I cannot make the transfer of the $45,250
until I receive a copy of the guarantee payment slip to the trunk
holding/security company.

To have the fund transfered to you i will want you to furnish in
hightlight once again your contact information as to where the fund will be transfered to, send as follows:

YOUR NAME IN FULL AS APPEARED ON YOUR BANK ACCOUNT.
YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS.
YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER.

One final thing my Dear, my new private telephone
number is +44-704 571 2282

Below is the contact address of mr.Nick the trunk holding/security company as you requested I look forward in hearing from you in earnest over his correspondence with you.

nickwrack_ssc@fastermail.com
+447024099007

Take care beloved,
Rev.Fr. Walker Phill


>----- Original Message -----
>Sent: monday, may. 21, 2007 12:10 PM
>Subject: PAYMENT HAS BEEN RECIVED THANK YOU
>
>
>MY DEAR FRIEND REV. PHILL
>
>I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SENDING ME
>THE $3,500 DEMMURAGE PAYMENT WHICH I RECIEVED TODAY FROM >THE
>WESTERN UNION OFFICE. AS YOU SAID THAT THE MONEY HAS NOW >BEEN PASSED
TO THE TRUNK HOLDING/SECURITY COMPANY AND >NOW ALL WE AWAIT IS THE
FINAL FEE PAYMENT. THANK YOU VERY >MUCH FOR SENDING THE PAYMENT SO QUICKLY.
>
>AS YOU KNOW THIS PAYMENT WAS THE FIRST OF TWO PAYMENTS DUE IN ORDER
TO
>PROCESS THE TRANSFER OF THE $23,000,000. THE SECOND AND FINAL PAYMENT
>OF $45,250 IS DUE AS NOTIFIED BY THE TRUNK HOLDING/SECURITY COMPANY.
I TRUST THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE THIS PAYMENT ON THE DUE DATE AS
>YOU HAVE PROMISED.
>
>I SHALL AWAIT YOUR REPLY AND THEN I WILL FORWARD THE INFORMATION YOU
WILL NEED TO SEND THE $45,250 TO AS YOU DID >INITIALY
>
>OF COURSE AS I HAVE PROMISED AS SOON AS I READ OR HEAR FROM YOU THEN
I WILL CONTACT YOU ON HOW I WILL SEND THE GUARANTEE FEE TO THE TRUNK
HOLDING/SECURITY COMPANY.
>
>UPON THE RECEIPT OF THE GUARANTEE FEE WHICH I WILL SEND AS THE SECOND
>THE FINAL FEE, YOU SHALL THEN SEND TO ME THE $45,250 TO USE IN THE
CLEARING OF THE BILL AT THE TRUNK HOLDING/SECURITY COMPANY.
>
>PLEASE CONFIRM THE RECIPT OF THIS EMAIL AND I WILL
>MAKE IMMEDIATE ARRANGEMENTS TO CONTACTING THE TRUNK HOLDING/SECURITY
>COMPANY ON HOW MUCH I AM TO PAY FOR THE CURRENT GUARANTEE FEE AND >ONCE AGAIN I WILL WANT YOU TO SEND TO ME THE CONTACT ADDRESS OF THAT >CONTACT PERSON TO WHOM THE FIRST PAYMENT WAS MADE TO, AS I LOST HIS >CONTACT AFTER THE BREAK.
>
>GOD BLESS YOU DEAR REV AS I LOOK FORWARD IN READING FROM >YOU.
>YOURS SINCERELY.
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