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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: "williamscoleb@terra.es" <williamscoleb@terra.es>
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 03:53:39 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Dear Friend!



Dear Friend,

Do accept my sincere apologies if my mail does not meet your pers=
onal ethics. I would like to introduce myself, I am Williams Cole and I wo=
rk with the staff in the accounts management section of a well-known bank h=
ere in the United Kingdom.

One of our accounts is holding a balance of =C2=A315,000,000 (fifteen milli=
on British Pounds) and has been dormant for the past 3 years. From my inves=
tigations and confirmations, the owner of this account is a foreigner by na=
me of Mr. Gerald Stone who died on the 4th of January 2002 in a planecrash =
in Birmingham here in the UK.

Since then no one has responded in anyway in regards to claiming the funds.=
As far as we can tell he has no family member who are aware of the existe=
nce of either the=20
account or the funds. Information from the National Immigration Office also=
=20
states that he was single on entry into the UK.

I have confidentially discussed this issue with some of the bank officials =
and=20
we have agreed to find a reliable foreign partner to deal with us. We thus=
=20
propose to do business with you, standing in as the next of kin. We will p=
rocess these funds from the deceased and release them to you, after due pro=
cesses have been followed.

This transaction is totally risk free as the fund is legitimate and does no=
t originate from=20
drug, money laundry, terrorism or any other illegal act. Think this over an=
d should you be interested, please let me hear from you.

Regards,

MR WILLIAMS COLE
williams1955@excite.co.uk






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