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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: Barrister william seow <baseow40@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: <barr.william_seow@yahoo.com.sg>
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 01:25:36 +0000
Subject: I await your response urgently.



FROM: BARRISTER WILLIAM SEOW,LAURENCE POUNTNEY HILLLONDON EC4R 0HH UKE-mail: williamseow70@myway.com
Dear Good Friend,
I am BARRISTER WILLIAM SEOW I have an urgent and very profitable business proposition for you that should be handled with extreme confidentiality. A Russian architect and contractor Mr. Vitaly Kaloyev made a numbered time Fixed Deposit for Twenty Four calendar months valued at US$19.130,000 (Nineteen Million, One Hundred and Thirty thousand United States Dollars Only) in a Financial and Security Company.
My client Vitaly Kaloyev who’s wife and two children died in a mid-air plane collision that killed 71 people in southern Germany in July 2002 was convicted and sentenced to eight years in jail by a Zurich court of murdering Swiss air-traffic controller Pieter Nelson.Vitaly Kaloyev Has directed that I seek a partner who’s account this money will be transferred to as he is prison and cannot make use of the money and this money may revert to the British Government if immediate action is not taken. You may visit this websites to be sure:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4375338.stmhttp://dailyblitz.motime.com/archive/2005-10
This became necessary for in accordance with the Law of UK at the expiration of 5 years the money will revert to the ownership of the British Government, if nobody applies to claim the fund. I decided to contact you to assist him receive this money for safe keeping and investments on his behalf as this fund will be taken over by the British Government as provided in section 129 sub 63(N), British Banking Edit of 1961. This prompted me to contact you. I want to front you as the owner and beneficiary to my client thereby making you the legal beneficiary of the sum of $19.130,000U.S Dollars that is presently in the Financial and Security Company. I contacted you because we do not want this money to be traced back to him.
The transaction is 100% legal and totally free of risks as all modalities has been perfected to ensure a hitch free success of the transaction. He has also agreed that you will generously be entitled to 30% of the total amount. Upon my receipt of your reply confirming your willingness to assist him in this transaction, I will immediately arrange and transfer all the rights of ownership of this fund to your name to facilitate your easy clearance and transfer of the complete funds to your country.
You have nothing to worry about, as I will be there to assist you in anyway necessary with all proper documentation. If you are interested, send all possible suggestions and interest to my private mailbox { williamseow70@myway.com} as soon as possible so that we can proceed. I await your response urgently.Regards,
Barr. William Seow
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