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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: "James William" <jameswilliam1000@zoomshare.com>
Date: Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:49:30 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Urgent Respond From James William


Hello Friend

I am highly esteemed to write you this proposal, my name is James William a solicitor and personal attorney to Mr, Alfred, An
Engineer with SONACOP. He died a few years ago and left me the responsibility of locating and transferring $13.5m us dollars (thirteen million,five hundred thousand us dollars) he left for his only son. Since then I have made several inquiries to locate his son, only to realize that his son died of drug abuse 2 years ago. The bank has issued me with a notice as the attorney to the deceased to provide the next of kin or the account will be suspended indefinitely within the next 21 official working days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating any of the deceased's heirs over the years,

I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased.

As the personal attorney to my deceased client, I have decided to contact you to assist in transferring the money left behind by my client to your bank account before they will be confiscated or declared unserviceable by his bankers. I have all the necessary legal documents that will be used to back up the claim. All I require from you is your honest co-operation to enable us see this arrangement through l guarantee that this arrangement will be executed under a legitimate banking procedure and the provision of the laws concerning inheritance fund will be strictly adhered to, this will protect you from any breach of the law. You can get back to me with your opinion so that I will inform you on what next to do.

On smooth conclusion of this transaction, you will be entitled to 40% of the total sum as gratification, while 10% will be set aside to take care of expenses that may arise during the time of transfer, internal revenue tax and also telephone bills, while 60% will be for me towards any profitable investment in your country.

please l expect your reply you can contact me with this Telephone number:+233541473810 for any information

Regards,
James William Esq

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