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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: "williams howard" <williamhoward147@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:44:05 +0100
Subject: VERY URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL MY BROTHER

CITI BANK LONDON
332 oxford street,LONDON.
 
Dear partner,   I am Mr Williams Howard the Bank Manager of Citibank 332 Oxford Street, London W1N 9AA +447045707665.Please i hope that this will not be a misplacement of trust hence I make this urgent and very confidential business proposition for you. On December  2000, an iraqi Foreign Oil consultant/contractor with the British Petroluem Corporation Hafeez Al Sadique made a numbered time (Fixed deposit) for 36 calendar months,valued at US$7.500,000.00 (Seven Million Five hundred Thousand Dollars only) in my branch.
Upon maturity in 2000,I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month,we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers, the british petroluem corporation that HAFFEZ AL SADIQUE died as a result of tuture in he hand of saddam hussein during one of his trips to his country iraq as one of the iraqi elites opposing the tyranical leadership of sadam hussein. On further investigation, I found out that he died without making a WILL, and all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless. I am therefore made further investigation and discovered that mr HAFFEZ AL SADIQUE. did not declare any kin or relations in all his official documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork in citibank here in oxford street london.
This sum of US$7.500,000.00 have been floating as unclaimed since 2001 in my bank as all efforts to get his relatives have hit the stones. According to the british law at the expiration of 6 (SIX) years, the money will revert to the ownership of the british Government if nobody applies to claim the fund and the six years is this year end of  December 2006 with Six month validation period which will finally expire by December 2007.Consequently, my proposal is that i want to seek your consent as a foreigner to stand in as the owner of the money as the next of kin to the decesased so that the bank will transfer the money to your designated account.All documents and proves to enable you get this fund will be carefully worked out. I have secured from the probate an order of mandamus to locate any of the deceased beneficiaries, and more so I am assuring you that the business is risk free involvement. Your share stays while the rest be for myself and for investment purpose as i will invest my share in your country .        
The sharing of the funds will be based According to agreement within you and i. As soon as i receive an acknowledgement of receipt of this message in acceptance of my mutual business proposal, I will furnish you with the necessary modalities and disbursement ratio to suit both parties without any conflict. If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of the trust i have bestowed in you bearing in mind my position as any attempt to sabotage me will automatically lead to lost of all my life effort in the banking industry. Betray me will make me suffer the rest of my life.
Please appreciate the fact that doing business  over the internet is risky.Endeavour  to send your confidential telephone and fax number in your reply to william_howard_02@yahoo.com(alternative email) in anticipation of your friendly cooperation and further advice. yours faithfully.
Mr Williams Howard.


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