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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: "Keny williams" <keny_10@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 15:04:05 +0100 (CET)
Subject: With due respect dear Partner,

 
  With due respect dear Partner,


Please do not be flattered with my offer and opportunity to assist me in accomplishing this transaction, why I contacted you is what I do not know but I believe it is the will of God Almighty. Please do not reject this offer, kindly accept it in good faith .

My name is Keny Williams , am a citizen of Angola the son of the late Chief Eng Williams Daniel, who work as an expatriate engineer with the foreign government in Angola 2001 to export at the Oil Venture to foreign country but unfortunately he was killed by rebels during political problem in my country Angola 2005. When the Government of Angola try to investigate the profit of the Oil been export out of Port Angola, so the opposition leaders disrupt the Oil operational and cause war in Angola. Before my Father's death he made my mother to understand that he deposited some huge amount of money in a security company in Nigeria West Africa, which he Made from sales of gold and Oil business in Africa Market and he gave my mother all relevant document of the trunk boxes Which he deposited (marked) as family belonging.

I and my mother were able to move out from Angola through the UNITED NATION, that Coven refugee from Angola to Nigeria, West Africa. Because we want to make the claims of the trunk box content $12 Million Dollar because my late father deposit the One Trunk Box/Diplomatic Personal Treasure so that nobody should knows about the content of the box here in Africa. So I am hereby soliciting your assistance to be my foreign partner and adviser because: I do not know much about investment or how to handle this fund here in Nigeria that is why we need your assistance as a foreign partner to help us to move this funds out of Africa for security reason to your country Please if you are interested to help us please promise us to keep this transaction confidentiality because nobody knows about the existence of this funds. I and my mother agreed to give you "Twenty five
Percent" of the total sum of the funds inside the trunk boxes, your compensation for the assistance is negotiable.

So dear you are contact the security company for the transfer of the two Trunk boxes to you i hereby give you the contact details of the security company here in Nigeria, i will also interest you to know that I already have sent a LETTER OF AUTHORIZATION and WILL LETTER to the security company so that they will transfer the Trunk boxes to you.

Here is the contact information of the company ;
The name is ; CAFUC STORAGE HOUSE NIGERIA PLC
Address; PLOT 206 ALLEN ROAD IKEJA LAGOS NIGERIA
Email; cafucstoragehouse@cafuc.net

Please do let me know your discussion with the company i have with me the deposit slip of the two trunk boxes .and other documents that will be need for the transfer, so dear i look foreword to your reply as soon as possible .

REGARDS
Keny Williams
PLEASE COPY MY EMAIL ADDRESS AND SEND ME YOUR REPLY .
EMAIL; kenywilliam@live.com
  

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