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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: "JACKSON WILLIAMS LAW CORPORATION" <alextugairl7@eircom.net>
Reply-To: <barr_jackson_williamscham9@w.cn>
Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 14:15:38 +0100
Subject: LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT‏


Dear Client,

I hereby attempt to reach you again by

this same email address stated here
and I
wish to notify you that Late Engr

Daniel Parker made you a beneficiary

to
his
funds.He left the sum of (

£17,000,000.00 ) Seventeen Million

Great British
Pounds to you in a Bank account

number:ABP-LN-685-00/52207712321 with

a
Security
Deposit Bank here in london UK.Until

his death , he was member of the
Helicopter
Society and the Institute of

Electronic &Electrical Engineers and

also a
humanitarian.His great philanthropy

earned him numerous awards during his

life
time.

Late Engr Daniel Parker died on the

13th day of Feb. 2007 at the age of

80
years, and his funds is now ready for

execution.According to him this money

is
to support your humanitarian

activities and to help the poor and

the needy in
our society.

Please if I reach you this time as I

am hopeful,endeavor to get back to me

as
soon as possible to enable me conclude

my job.By replying to this e-mail,you
will have to update the form below so

that I can contact you and also send

you
the AFFIDAVIT FORM IN SUPPORT OF

APPLICATION which you will have to

fill and
submit to the Security Deposit Bank

for claims.

1.Name in

full:..........................
2.Address:............................

...
3.Nationality:........................

.
4.Date of

Birth:................................

...
5.Occupation:.........................

....
6.Phone/Fax:..........................

....
7.Present

Country.......................

Please get back to me immediately you

recieve my mail,so that we can proceed
further with remittance to you.

I hope to hear from you in no distant

time.

Yours in Service,
Barrister Jackson Williams
Email:barr_jackson_williamscham9@w.cn

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