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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: Dr Walter Smith <walker.smith2008@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: smithwalker75@yahoo.it
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 05:49:29 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: urgent reply

From: Walter Smith
Area Manager Office
Member of Employment Equity Committee
NatWest Bank of London


I am Dr Walter Smith, the Area Manager Office and member of the Employment Equity Committee of NatWest Bank of London. I got your contact address from your country's trade journal and your impressive and managerial profile made me to solicit for your partnership in these regards. Frankly speaking, you are the only person that I have contacted in this confidential business transaction with believe that you will not let me down in this proposition.

I understand that we haven’t met each other before nor speak on phone. I wish to let you know that after going through some old files in the records I have with Equity Account Department, I discovered that there is an account opened in this bank in 1990 and since the year 1996, nobody has operated on this account nor reactivates it to transfer the funds out of London.

The owner of this account is late Mr. Jerome N. Snaga from Angola but was residing here in London as a resident, a geologist by profession who died since 1996 and up to date, no other person knows about this account or anything concerning it. The account has no beneficiary because he opened it as an investment account and my investigation proved to me that the
company where he worked before his died does not know anything about this account and the amount involved is £20, 000,000.00 GBP (TWENTY MILLION GREAT BRITISH POUNDS)

I need your strong assurance, trust and confidence that this fund will be safe once we join heirs together and execute this opportunity for our leaders of tomorrow (Our Children’s).

With my position now in the office and having the certificate of deposit of the deceased fund, I can change the Ownership of the deceased fund in your name as a Non-resident of Britain and Next of Kin’ to inherit the fund in the absence of late Mr. Jerome N. Snaga of

Angola.I have the tendency of investing my own share of the money in your country under your sound supervision and management with good capital returns according to your advice and rest assured that we are on the safer side until we accomplished our aim immediately I change the Ownership of the deceased fund in your name as the inheritor.

Following the above mentioned, I have decided to share with you 60-40 in this opportunity that comes out of my department. You will be entitled to have 40% of the fund while 60% is for me and you will assist me to invest my share in your country immediately you agree to work with me in finalizing this transaction.

Note; you have to maintain the confidentiality of this transaction to enable easy and smooth transfer of this money out of London upon having the fund changed in your name as the Next of Kin.

Truly yours,

Dr Walter Smith
Area Manager Office
Member of Employment Equity Committee
NatWest Bank of London





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