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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: URGENT MAIL <peter_nzenwa215@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: <nicholas_g_walter@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:28:42 +0000
Subject: Dear Friend



ROBINSON BRADSHAW & HINSONNorth Carolina Office101 North Tryon Street, Suite 1900Charlotte, North Carolina, 28246.
Dear Friend,
It is with heartfelt,I Hereby seek your co-operation and assistance in this context . I am Barrister Nicolas Walter ,the personal Attorney to the late (Mr Mark) Kay" I got your contact through the british news casting online where this offer was solicited under the custody of the above mentioned chamber by course of picking of bearer of the Name { Kay] Randomly, and your e-mail address was been picked as the lucky winner of this very legal proposal,though in more details about my late client.
"He was the Chief Executive officer of GFS, shipping company,England,United Kingdom for years and he was retired in the 1st day of September 2004. After few months, My client and his family of two died on their way to a holiday resort in Glasgow, scotland in an explosion which hit the London underground trains on the 7,july 2005.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_July_2005_London_bombings
I was in my office when the metropolitan police came on air to announce the tragedy and finally declared that 33 were lives lost and that the casualties numbered up to 700. Before his death,my client had a total sum of 9.5 million pounds with a finance house Hoping to transfer the fund to his country {United States of America} in no time before he and his family met a sudden death. According to the DEED OF WILL made by my late client, He declared that on his demision, That this money and other property be made-over to his only child(a boy) and wife,Agnes.
I have consequently decided that since you are a foreigner like my late client,I would rather present you to the holding Bank as the true next of kin to my late client and get the money claimed and be shared among the authorized beneficiaries than allowing the holding Bank to convert it to their own account forever. I agree to pay you 40% of the fund as the account owner, 50% for me, and 10% goes direct to any of our well wisher who has rigidly indeed showen love to humaniterian hard ained wealth not to be lost or inherited by on known personality, kindly do remember to Provide the following information for the application processing.
1 your full name...............2 contact address..............3 phone and fax number...........4 Age.....5 Occupation............................6 Your international pass port............
Thanks and God bless.
Lord Attorney Nicholas G Walter

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