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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: "williamsmrclement@yahoo.co.nz" <williamsmrclement@yahoo.co.nz>
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:24:02 +0700 (WIT)
Subject: AN URGENT REPLY AND CALL NEEDED.



Dear,

My Name is Mr.Clement williams, I am a staff of CREDIT SUISSE BANK here in
London-England, in the file/computer deptment. I got your contact through an
internet business proposal so i decide to contact you on this business
opportunity. In my department I discovered an abandoned sum $5,000,000,00m
US dollars (Five Million United States Dollars). In an account that belongs
to one of our foreign customer who died in a plane crash with his wife and
only Child (January 30,2006) and since he died, we in the
Bank here have been expecting his/her next of kin/relative(s) for the
inheritance of the deposit, but none has surfaced.

The policy of the Bank however stipulates a limited time period for such
inheritance to be made or the fund will be written off going by the record
of the incident, the time limit for the claim is closing up. In this
consideration, I am contacting you to seek for your kind understanding and
sincere co-operation to claim this inheritance for our mutual benefit.

If you can stand as the next of kin in this project, success is assured
because I am in Possession of the personal file jacket of the deceased which
contains every needed information about the account and the deceased and you
and I stand no risk of any kind because I have enough information to support
you in claiming the inheritance.

The proceedings of the transaction will be shared 50% each after expenses
are reimbursed. Kindly indicate your willingness and we shall proceed with
the initial step for the claim.The entire project is expected to last for
about ten working days.

You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this
letter.Trusting to hear from you immediately.for security reasons reply to
this email: williamsmrclement@yahoo.co.nz Best Regards,
Clement Williams.

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