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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: "Roy Atkinson." <royatkinsonn@rediffmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: royatkinson@voila.fr
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 00:35:03 +0000
Subject: Get Back To Me Asap

Hello ,
From time immemorial, those who have been inspired to bring
change have all employed one thing in common;
innovation, creative tools, and most importantly through
good thinking. I say this in respect of my business proposal,
which I want to execute with you.
I have no doubt in my mind that there will be a complete
life turn around, by the end of this deal. Once an interest
is indicated, the necessary documents and information will
be supplied to you for authentic clarification.
I am Roy Atkinson, a personal account officer to the late
Senator Paul lane Wellstone, a Citizen of the United states
and he was into politics, On the 26th of October 2002, my client,
his wife and their three children were involved in a fatal Plane
Crash near Eveleth-Virginia Municipal Airport.http://mahabarbara.tripod.com/themahablog/id30.htmlHowever
as his personal account officer I discovered that he and his family
lost their lives including other people in the Plane. Since then I
have made several enquiries to several Embassies to locate any of my
clients extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.
After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his
relatives over the Internet to locate any member of his family but
to no avail, hence I contacted you.
Neither him nor his wife who he used as his next of kin are alive
since the incident claimed the lives of the entire family, leaving
no one alive to claim the Funds, which he deposited as consignment
with a Security Courier Company here in the U.K. nseqently,The
Security Finance Company issued me a notice to provide the next
of kin to my client since I have been unsuccesfull in locating
the relatives.It is against this backdrop that I seek your consent
to present you as the next of kin of the deceased so that the proceeds
of this Deposite valued at US $5.5 Million (Five Million Five Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars) will be paid into your account and
then you and I can share the money.
I KNOW YOU MIGHT HAVE RECEIVED DIFFERENT PROPOSALS OF SUCH ASSISTANCE
BUT I HAVE ALL INFORMATIONS WITH WHICH YOU CAN MAKE VERIFICATIONS.
BESIDES EVEN THOUGH THE INTERNET IS FLOODED WITH SCAM I STILL CANNOT
AFFORD TO LOOSE THIS OPPURTUNITY OF A LIFE TIME.This is simple and I
guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect you from any breach of the law.
The money will be delivered as consignment or be paid into your account
as claims upon your contacat and application to the Security Finance
Company as the next of kin to the Late Paul Lane Wellstone.
Afterwords, when you receive the Funds either by consignment (THE MONEY
IN A BOX) funds or tranfered into your bank account for us to share in
the ratio of 70% for me and 30% for you.There is no risk at all as all
the paperwork for this transaction will be done by me and my position
as his account officer here , guarantees the successful execution of
this transaction.
Reply immediately and give me a call on:+44 7040113412 , if you are
interested; if you are not intrested, please kindly disregard this e-mail.
Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details that will
help you understand the transaction and also the contact of the Security
Finance Company where the Fund is deposited.
Please observe utmost confidentiality,and be rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I shall require your assistance to invest my share in your country. Awaiting your urgent reply.
Roy Atkinson.
Tel:+44 7040113412.
N.B. Please indicate your telephone and fax numbers for easy
communication as the internet cannot be trusted in this time of age.



































































































































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