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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!

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Fraud email example:

From: james wilson <wil_james23@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <jww_wilsonn@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 22:19:36 +0100
Subject: Needs your kind reply




Dear Mr.Abdel,

Thank you for your kind swift response to my mail, and I assure you of my identity, you do not need to worry neither you will lost anything in this proposal.
I have just took some time to confirm some important relevant facts, to avoid possible mistake, It is my pleasure reading from you and with thanks have taken note of your direct telephone number and I must say here that my confidence to work with you received a very big boost particularly with the fact that I now know I am dealing with a human person and not just an internet creation more so, a God fearing person with faith who will not use this as an advantage on me in the near future, I shall not hesitate therefore, to go ahead to let you in on the exact position of the said fund at the moment and also my scheduled arrangement to make sure that this said funds gets to you with any problem for the onward securing and investment of the funds in any profitable venture just like I tried to explain to you in my first and last mail .

Meanwhile let me try here to refresh your memory about the very special nature of this transaction and the more reason you have to handle it and every information with a very almost confidentiality , Just as I tried explaining to you in my very first mail to you, I made most of this said funds $30,000,000,00 (Thirty million Dollars) both in using my Position in reserving villas, buildings and apartments for onward buyers from Europe ,Hong konk and Singaporeans, mostly in five Hotels, which after much odds,2Hotles was offered to the son of sultan of Brunie,1Hotle French Football star Zenaden Zidane , and the other 2Hotles to South African Top Real Estate Company, Ficksburg Prynnsberg estate, majority of this guys rewarded me handsomely for my efforts in helping them get hold of valued properties which in my position with this organization I am not supposed to do, which must of the money as well is a token of appreciations from over 125 Bidding contractors for awarding contracts to them.

To this I solicited for your assistance in securing and investing this funds in your country as Due to my sensitive position in the administration and the trust best old on me, I can not utilize this fund perfectly here in UAE, as any attempt I may make to invest this fund in Dubai could backfire just as I told you in my very first mail to you to protect my position and my name and to avoid any question as to the source of the funds in a short while and also as a foreigner and a civil servant working here in UAE . Which i hereby seeks your partnership to invest this fund in your country, particularly in Properties?

Please my dear friend ,I want you to know that, from this point I am confiding in you and also to build the trust this transaction requires at this moment ,which like I said in my last mail to you, based on your status, and your experiences in Business, and hoping once again that you will never let me down and for that reason I am ready to give you 20% of the total funds for your assistance and 5% of the total fund shall be mapped out for every or any expenses that might be incurred by the parties in pursuance of this project while the remaining balance of 75%, you shall assist me to invest in any profitable business till further notice from me .To that fact let me here give you more details on the current status of this funds in question, after so much suspicions here in my office and from my bankers, I managed to withdraw all of it from my bank and carefully secured and sealed in a trunk case with I cleverly deposited with a private security company as family valuables and confidential documents belonging to one of our very important foreign contractor for save keeping bending on his arrival back to Dubai or instructions for retrieval of the deposit under the custody of the security firm .

As soon as I, the original depositor of the fund donates a Letter of Authority in your favour, and a copy is made available to the security company, we will have several possible ways you could then easily access the deposit at the security company, for instance, you could visit Dubai for the retrieval of the deposit and have it secured in a bank here for an onward transfer to anywhere you may desire probably to your local bank account or better still decided on which way best , or we could in the event you are not able to travel down to Dubai. Another very possible way which incidentally was the same way one of the Bidders managed to move the trunk containing the fund he used for the purchase of his property into the Dubai from South Africa, is through a Diplomatic means, this way I could contract a diplomat friend of mine who will arrange the movement of the consignment of the fund from the security company directly to you in China, Indonesia and India or better still Pakistan via a United nations Diplomatic Baggage unit from Dubai UAE as Diplomatic lodge belonging to the UN troops in Iraq without any form of check, as the consignment will be covered by the Diplomatic immunity and also afforded by a Diplomat.

All these are not supposed to take more than two weeks to achieve if we pursue it diligently and I will really want us to move fast, because as you already know I can not be happy and comfortable as longer as this funds continue to be here under the custody of the private firm without a proper declaration which you know if declared might raise serious problem for me here in my office financial condition worsening by the day as the country is fast developing and cost of leaving of foreigners like us are becoming so high and it is even more painful when I know that i have so many funds out there and yet I am lacking.

Finally, every documentation you may require for the successfulness of this transaction I shall make them available to you as soon as I get a strong support from you and your readiness to work with me, and let me reassure you here that you need not to worry of any risk as this transaction from your part is 100% risk free as I shall give you every necessary legal paper to back you up with the security firm.

Until then stay blessed,

Mr. J.W Wilson.


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