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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: henwill000@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:54:07 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Good Day : joan bermon

FROM THE DESK OF
MR HENRY WILLIAMS

Good Day,

This letter may come to you as a surprise due to the fact that we have not yet met. The message could be strange but it's real and you will realise this if you pay some attention to it. I want to notify you about it at least for the sake of your integrity.

My name is HENRY WILLIAMS, I am a private account manager to my late client. In the Year 2007, my client passed away leaving behind a cash inheritance of Eight million Two hundred thousand United States Dollars ($8,200,000,00).

The board of directors of his bank adopted a resolution and I was mandated to provide his next of kin for the payment of this money within the stipulate period or forfeit the money to the bank as an abandoned property.

The bankers had planned to invoke the abandoned property decree of 1996 to confiscate the fund after the expiration of 14months period as stipulated by the allied/banking policy.

The reason that you have been contacted now is because you bear the same last name with the deceased, and I can present you as the beneficiary and next of kin to my late client.

The Inheritance Law clearly leaves the proof of who is or is not the next of kin, to the deceased Lawyer to prove. As the deceased Lawyer,the Law says l have the final say of who is the beneficiary of my late client deposit with the bank.

If you are interested in this proposal and you are ready to handle this project perfectly well and also with trust, then contact me and we can work out the details, and the issue of your compensation. If you are not interested and have found this email offensive or you think this is a
joke,please do not reply.

Finally,i guarantee that this transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Contact me through my private email address: henwill0001@yahoo.co.jp

Yours faithfully,
Henry Williams



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