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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: cent wilson <cent_wilson5@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 16:12:38 +0100
Subject: FROM THE DESK OF MR.CENT WILSON



>FROM THE DESK OF MR.CENT WILSONStandard Trust Bank Plc Plot 245 Adeolu Hope wall StreetVictoria IslandLagos-Nigeria Dear friend, I am a Accountant with STANDARD TRUST BANK(STB),My name is MR cent wilson a Banker. I am the personal Account Manager to late Engineer Anderson who was a foreigner, who
used to work with an oil servicing company in Nigeria Here in after shall be referred to as my client On MAY 4 2005 my client his wife and their three children were involved in a plane crash were All occupants of the plane unfortunately lost their lives. YOU CAN VERIFY THIS FROM THE WEBSITE BELOW http://www.usafricaonline.com/ngrkanocrash.html http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2002/05/06/stories/20020506004515 00.ht=m http://www.hinduonnet.com/2002/05/05/stories/2002050503070101.htmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1968616.stm Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients ended Relatives this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts I decided to trace him over the Internet to locate any member of his family 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 this huge deposits were lodged,particularly the STANDARD TRUST BANK PLC.Where the deceased had an account Valued at about ($14 million u s Dollers) has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin.Or have the account confiscated within the next ten official working days.Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over two years now,I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you are also a foreigner so that the proceeds of this account valued at ($14 million u s dollars) can be paid to you and then you and me Can share the money %60 for me and %40 to you. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal through.I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. reply in my private box below
cent_wilson0@yahoo.fr best regards cent_wilson
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