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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: Mr Victor Williams <deskofmrvictor01@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: bankauditordesk@executivemail.co.za
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:27:08 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Confidential Mail.........Very Urgent.


Good Day,

With great pleasure I am writing this proposal on behalf of my partners. A member of our government trade delegation to your country gave your impeccable profile to me. Hence, I have decided to seek your cooperation, due to the sensitivity of this transaction and my
Commitment as a civil servant.

I am Mr. Victor Williams. An Auditor Manager in my Bank. In Scotland. There is an account opened in this Bank in 1997 and since 2000 nobody has operated on this account again. After going through some old files in the records, I discovered that if I do not remit this money out urgently it would be forfeited for nothing. The owner of this account is DR H PAUL JACOBI, a foreigner and he died since 1999. In an air crash along with his wife in 31st October 1999 an Egyptian airline 990 with other passengers on board.

You can confirm this from the website below from publisher by CNN.WEBSITEPUBLISHEDONCNN
http://www.guardian.co.uk/egyptair/article/0,,196602,00.html.

No other person know about this account or anything concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and the amount involved is ($10.5M) Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars. Our constraint is to be able to source an honest and trustworthy individual, to whom we can remit these funds and act as trustee pending our visit, since our period of disengagement from the civil service is near. We are presently affected by the Scotland civil service code of conduct laws that prohibits civil servants from operating private foreign accounts.

I have the authority of my partners in office to propose that should you be willing to assist us in this transaction, your share as compensation will be $3.150M (30%) while my colleagues and I receive $6.300M (60%) and the balance of $1.50M (10%) for taxes and other miscellaneous expenses. This transaction is 100% risk free provided you treat it with utmost secrecy and confidentiality.

Furthermore, your area of specialization is not a hindrance to the successful execution of this transaction.Your response to indicate your willingness in assisting us. Furthermore, in order us to accomplish this transaction more securely and more professionally, Is to make you the bona-fide beneficiary of these funds, putting your name in the bank database as the beneficiary of these funds because this account has no beneficiary. Should you be interested, please send us the following information

(1) Your Full Names
(2) Your Age
(3) Your Occupation/Profession
(4) Your Residential address/Company if any
(5) Your Direct Telephone and fax Numbers
(6) Your Copy of ID

This are all we need to start with and after acquaintances, we shall forward all legal documents.

Reply via email;bankauditordesk@executivemail.co.za

My sincere Regards

Thank you and God Bless

Mr Victor Williams


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