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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 Haladu"<haladu_williams@myway.com>
Reply-To: williams_haladu@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 08:41:48 -0500 (EST)
Subject: From Mr.Williams Haladu




From Mr.Williams Haladu,First Inland Bank Plc .Victoria Island,Lagos - Nigeria. Good morning to you,I am Mr.Williams Haladu, from First Inland Bank Plc ,Lagos Branch.I got your contact while searching for a reliable someone to contact for this transaction.An America Oil consultant/ contractor with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mr.Ronald Lake made a numbered time (fixed) deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at US$15,500,000.00 (Fifteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) in my branch. Upon maturity I sent a rountine notification to his forwarded address but got no reply.After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation that Mr.Ronald Lake, of Corte Madera, California unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31st 2000, including his wife Joyce Lakehttp://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/Therefore,
on further investigation, I found out that he died without making a WILL, and attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr.Ronald Lake did not declare any next of kin or relations in all his official documents, including his bank deposit paperwork in my bank.This sum of US$15,500,000.00 is still in my bank and no one has ever come forward to claim it.Consequently,my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand as the "next of kin" to Mr.Ronald Lake.Please on your acceptance to workout this transaction,do let me know so that I will give you the contact information of the attorney for you to contact him.There is no risk at all, the paperwork for this transaction will be done by an attorney and my position guarantees the successful execution of this transaction. If you are interested and know thatyou will not sit on this money after its successful transfer to you, please reply immediately and upon you!
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response,I shall provide you withmore details on what to do and be rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us.Awaiting your urgent reply.Regards,Mr.Williams Haladu.

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