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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: "JEFREY WILLAIMS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jeffrey.will@kimo.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 11:09:20 -0800
Subject: TRANSACTION - REPLY FAST.

Dear Sir-Madam,

Complement of the season, I am Barrister Jeffrey Williams from Haiti and presently in Taiwan. I have to leave my country for a while considering the current disaster in my nation Haiti: http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/01/27/haiti-survivor.html Let me use this medium to solicit your business assistance on behalf of my client who lost his Life during the incidence, but his wife and two children survived and was greatly injured. Presently the government is putting everything together to save more lives of which financial company are not ready to release money even to the owner because all financial sectors are tasked to raise certain amount to save lives.

Sequel above, I want to impose you as the beneficiary of my client deposit with Mutual Investment Company Haiti. The Director of mutual investment firm suggested the need of foreign partner in this matter since the government instructed that financial sectors must not release money anybody, he stated that mutual investment company has branches in Three Continents of which payment could be made abroad. Hence I need your swift assistance to clear my client deposit of Eight Million Two Hundred and Nine Thousand US Dollars US Dollars $8.290.00 Only.

Note that your urgent assistance is highly required and you are expected to return this mail urgently indicating your intention towards this proposal. Also my client wife said she can compensate anyone that is willing to help with 27% of the total amount while the remaining three percent will be used to offset every expense that might be incurred during the process of this transaction. However I must not fail to inform you that this transaction will not take us more than a week because the said amount will be released to you as an investment fund, yes I will impose as a business partner to my late client. Finally, kindly send your working and personal details to enable me figure out this operation vehemently because the wife and two children is currently is critical condition and needs money urgently to survive.

Thanks as I anticipate prompt positive reply from you urgently.

Regards,

Barrister Jeffrey Williams.

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