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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: williams_sisi004@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:49:44 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: I NEED URGENT ASSISTANCE


Williams sisi chambers
Solicitors & Advocates.
06 BP 1409 Benson Dodomey,=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 =
=A0
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Accra-Ghana


=A0
Dear Friend.
I humbly crave your indulgence in sending you this mail, if the contents do=
es not meet with your personal and business ethics, I apologies in advance.=
I am Williams sisi, Personal Attorney to late Mr. Lambert here in Accra Gh=
ana West African.
=A0
On 3rd of Oct 2001, my client, and his family were perished in a ghastly ca=
r accident along Midombo Togo express way. But my client made a fixed depos=
it valued at (USD$8.5M), and upon the maturity his bank started contacting =
him but no response. Consequently, the bank issued me a notice to provide t=
he next of kin or have the account confiscated after four years, as the law=
of this land says. Since then I have made several enquiries to their Embas=
sy to locate any of my clients extended relatives, this has also proved uns=
uccessful.
=A0
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over two years=
now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased,=
so that the proceeds of this account valued at $8.5M can be paid to you an=
d then you and I can share the money,50/50 I know that you might be wonder =
why I have decided to trust you with this huge sum, but the truth is that I=
need you to get this money out, considering the fact that your a foreigner=
will makes it a lot easier and straight forward for us to claim this money=
from the bank.
=A0
Note that am going to obtain all necessary legal documents in your name to =
back up any claim and submit to the bank to prove that you are the next of =
kin to my late client.
All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through=
.. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement tha=
t will protect you from any breach of the law.
=A0
Please get back in touch with me through=A0=A0 (williams_sisi004@yahoo.com =
) and to enable us discuss further.
..

Thanks and God Bless you

Best regards,
Williams sisi=0A=0A=0A

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