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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: "John Williams" <kpekus@johnallenwilliams.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 14:48:16 -0600
Subject: Dear Friend, contact me via this email:kpekus@johnallenwilliams.com




Dear Friend, contact me via this email:kpekus@johnallenwilliams.com



This message is being sent to you for the purpose of a transaction that is
worth US$48,300,000.This transaction is completely legitimate and all
legal documents will be provided which will cover you and the funds during
the course of this transaction.


This money originated from a joint effort from myself and the deceased my
friend (depositor).I brought 60% of the total sum originally and my late
friend brought the balance which the money was to be used for a project in
asia.I actually got my 60% of the total sum from a loan facility.


I am contacting you because of your family name which is the same with my
friends' because according to the agreement between the depositor and the
bank,it is only someone that bears the same family name with the depositor
that is eligible to lay claims to the funds.Since there is noone available
to claim the funds which My friend/client deposited in the bank,i decided
to claim it on my own with a choice of my own.


I am John William by name and i am presently in Italy precisely because of
this transaction.If you are interested in this transaction,i will advise
you send me an email with the following details:


Full Name :
Tel Number:
Age:
Occupation :


The reason for these details to be released to me is for me to be sure i
am not corresponding with the wrong person.Note that you are been
contacted because of your family name and as such,i must be very sure
someoneelse is not playing a fast one on either of us.


If you would like to discuss further about this transaction that you will
be of benefit to you,email me back only on this email address
:kpekus@johnallenwilliams.com



I am sending you this message from a secure millitary server for the sake
of confidentiality.So endeavour to send me a response back only to the
email address stated above.


Your response will be highly appreciated at this point because this money
has been delayed for too long and i would like to finalize the transaction
as soon as possible.If you are NOT INTERESTED,endeavour to delete this
message and let it remain confidential.

Best Regards.
John William

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