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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: infomailer005@web.de
Date: Thu, 01 May 2008 11:40:53 +0200
Subject: GOOD DAY




Attention:
I am Attorney ALFRED ALBERTO WILLIAMS, a solicitor at law, On the 11th of =
march 2004 my client, his wife and their only child were killed by bomb
blast through terrorist attack here in Madrid train station all the occupa=
nt of the coach were killed.
My client deposited the sum of US$25.7 Million dollars in BANk here in SPA=
IN for himself,
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/2C2DA308-AC88-49C5-9C30-D8ABB02E7C1=
A.htm [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/2C2DA308-AC88-49C5-9C30-D8AB=
B02E7C1A.htm]
http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2004/madrid.bombing/ [http://edition.cnn.c=
om/SPECIALS/2004/madrid.bombing/]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/11/newsid=5F4273000/4=
273817.stm [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/11/news=
id=5F4273000/4273817.stm]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in=5Fdepth/europe/2004/madrid=5Ftrain=5Fattacks/defau=
lt.stm [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in=5Fdepth/europe/2004/madrid=5Ftrain=5Fattac=
ks/default.stm]
with the hope of transferring it to his country as soon as he is on leave=
, with standing statement/ agreement with the bank that all correspondence=
s in respect to the fixed deposit contract must be sent to him through my =
humble chambers.=20
On further investigations, I found out that he died without making any WIL=
L and all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless. I also discover=
ed that he did not
declare any kin or relations in all his official documents, including his =
fixed deposit contract with the Bank in Spain.=20
I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased SINC=
E YOU HAVE THE SAME LAST NAME AS MY LATE CLIENT so that the proceeds of th=
is fund valued at US$25.7 Million dollars will be claimed by you and then =
you and I can share the money, 60% comes to me and 40% goes to you. I have=
all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we ma=
y make.=20
All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal throug=
h.
I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that=
will protects you from any breach of the law to enable us start the
processing of the claims.
Please send me an email to my private address so i can have you presented =
as the next of kin : alfredwilliams65@gmail.com [mailto:alfredwilliams65@g=
mail.com] ,private Ph: 00 34 645380244
Fax Number : 00 34 655686821

Awaiting your prompt response.

Yours faithfully,

Attorney ALFRED ALBERTO WILLIAMS (Esq).


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*http://freemail.web.de/club/landingpage.htm/=3Fmc=3D025555* [http://freemail.=
web.de/club/landingpage.htm/=3Fmc=3D025555]

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