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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: David Wagner <davidlaw12@w.cn>
Reply-To: <davidlaw1234@w.cn>
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:14:23 -0800
Subject: RE: $8MILLION INHERITANCE.



Good Day Calujmnie Wdupe.

Thank you for your response to my mail. How are you and your family? I have read your email with all concern and I am really happy that god has sent you indeed as my partner.

Calujmnie, I am a man with a proven integrity, I hate lying and do not delight in it, and as it matters most and equally due to my religious belief and my country England, which is noted as the most honest people in the world. This is the fact; I contacted you alone without any third party, this letter was sent to you alone without any body else as this matter requires the best of secret to succeed in it; so I want you to know that I consulting you is not by chance but a divine arrangement so I will love if we can make up our mind and proceed in this matter without any delay.

So please you should know that my consultation was based on the fact I am the sole person the mandate is giving, I belief if you can come together with me and proceed we shall have the best of this matter at all times hence you can assure me that you will not cheat if this fund is transferred into your account. I will need you to know all truth that concerns this matter in this mail because I am a man of imperativeness and loves to be very pragmatic in my dealings, this matter will cost us some money to proceed this is the truth. I will establish you as the legally beneficiary of the fund in all the offices this claim needed to be registered so that you and I can remain the legal owner of the fund legally.

I cannot do whatever that is not legal because I have a name to protect that is why I want all that concerns this matter to be made legal to avoid any breach to the law. My friend and partner what is done good in good indeed so base on this I will love to hear from you on this decision so that I can know if you are willing to assist or not as I can guarantee you that hence followed properly we are sure to make it is my word. Although I have not inquired what it will cost but I believe is something we can work on for our future life. Once again let me re-introduce my self, I am Mr. David Wagner, I am 58 years old and have known the late Mr. Roy Hall since the past years, I meet him in oxford university and i was the architect of his stay in England after his studies as an engineer retired from the British airways and he was our major contractor and my best friend. I am very glad to inform you that I am very willing to proceed with you and see the best of this matter. I am married to my lovely wife Edna, and blessed with a daughter Jane; I am residing in bypass 54 regent street, I have retired from the British crown court as investigation attorney I depend greatly on my monthly pensions.

I contacted you based on three things; (1) possibly you may be related to my late friend Mr. Roy Hall (2) because the court has given a mandate for me to present a beneficiary to my late client funds and estates houses (3) I need a foreigner as a partner who will assist me and otherwise so that the proceeds of Mr. Roy Hall funds valued at $8,million united states dollars to be paid to you then we can share this fund among our selves than to leave this money to be confiscated by the bank as my late friend Mr. Roy Hall does not have any known next of kin at the time of his death on the 27th day of September 2003 at the St. Georges hospital London. Thank you very much for your sincerity and your honesty as such I feel more relaxed to involve you in this humble transaction that can turn our lives and that of our families around.

I am assuring you that this transaction will be over in the shortest time as soon as you provide me with your details to enable me solicit on your behalf by establishing you as the beneficiary of the fund legally in all the concerned offices in the United Kingdom where this claim should be registered. So, that all legitimate arrangement will be made to protect us from any breach of the law. Please I require utmost confidentiality of this humble transaction at all times, as this will guarantee the success of this transaction.

Get back to me with this details information.

Full name
Home address.
Date of birth.
Nationality.
Occupation.
Marriage status.
Place of work.
Telephone number.
Scanned copy of your identification.



Yours sincerely,
Mr. David Wagner.
Email: davidlaw1234@w.cn
Phone: +447-0359-93298
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