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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: barr.dickinson_williams.esq@live.com
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:17:36 -0800 (PST)
Subject: GOOD DAY MY GOOD FRIEND


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:dickinson_williams_esq@yahoo.com.co



- WILLIAMS DICKINSON & PARTNERSACCREDITED ATTORNEY OF THE PROBATE REGISTRY SOLICITORS & ADVOCATE BRITISH CROWN COURT OF LONDON & NOTARIESPUBLIC:P.M.B. barr.dickinson_williams.esq@live.com From The Desk of The Principal PartnerDear Beneficiary,Your Co-operation/Partnership is needed for investment in your Country, I have decided to contact you due to the urgency of this Transaction requires, please do respond urgently.A Foreigner, an American to be precise, late Mr. Daniel Lewin, who died in the Airlines Flight 11 the Boeing 767 originally bound for Los Angeles from Boston, crashed into the World Trade Center in New York. Lewin was 31, had a deposit total ling US$ 22 Million (Twenty Two Million Dollars) with a Finance House which I am attached to here in London, Daniel Lewin, co-founder and chief technology officer (CTO) at Akamai Technologies Inc, who eventually died without an oral or written WILL, the deposit was due for 12 calendar months, and upon maturity several effort was made to reach him as to notify him about his deposit but without any success, I decided to deeply investigate why it was extremely impossible to reach him, only to discover that he, his wife Rose and his two son nelson and Michael perished in the city of Texas by car accident after the Buried of Mr. Daniel Lewin. Below is the website of Mr. Daniel Lewin on CNN NEWS.http://archives.cnn.com/2001/TECH/industry/09/11/akamai.founder/ It is because of the perceived possibility of not being able to locate any of the Late Mr. Daniel Lewin next of kin, according to the immigration data available to the Company, that the Management, under the influence of our Chairman and Members of the Board of Directors, started arrangements for the fund to be declared "Unclaimed if nobody comes up for claims. The company is ready and will not hesitate to release the said fund to any foreigner who comes up with useful and accurate information about the late Daniel Lewin fund.I shall provide you with all accurate information and documents relating to the fund if I have your assurance that you can handle this transaction with me, and also that you will keep all information about this deal very confidential until the fund is successfully released from the vault as planned. And send me details about your self and informationThe sharing ratio after completion of transaction will be thus: 50% for me, 40% for you, while 10% of the fund will be donated towards charity and humanitarian services in any country that we may choose when we finally meet.Reply to my private E-mail:barr.dickinson_williams.esq@live.com Awaiting your urgent reply Williams Dickinson BRITISH CROWN COURT LONDON & NOTARIES PUBLIC:P.M.B.1794 ST PHILIP CITY: BOLTON LONDON Email:barr.dickinson_williams.esq@live.com


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