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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: "MR WILLY CAMERON" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrwillycameron@yahoo.es>
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 06:44:04 -0000
Subject: STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

 
 
Dear Friend,
 
 
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
 
I know that this mail will come to you as a surprise as we never met before. I am the Director in charge of Auditing section of Tesco Bank London, I Hoped that you will not expose or betray this trust and confident that I am about to repose on you for the mutual benefit of our both families. I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of Five million Two Hundred united states dollars (US$5.200.000,00) immediately to your account.
 
The fund has been dormant (in-active) for some years in our Bank here without any body coming for it. I want to apply for release of the fund to you as the nearest person to our deceased customer Dr. George Brumley Jr, from Atlanta America (the owner of the account) who died a long with his supposed next of kin in air crash since on July 21 2003. I don't want the fund to go into our Bank treasury as an abandoned fund, so this is the reason why I contacted you, so that my Bank will release the fund to you as the nearest person to the deceased customer. view the website for more information about the deceased.
 
http://www.sptimes.com/2003/07/21/Worldandnation/12_Americans_die_in_K.shtml
 
Please I would like you to keep this proposal as a top secret and delete it if you are not interested. Upon receipt of your reply, I will send you the application form you will fill and send to the bank for transfer of the fund into your bank account and also note that you will have 35% of the above mentioned amount if you
agree to help me execute this business. And also 5% will been mapped out for any expense that might occur during the process of the transaction and 60% is for me.
 
Please contact me through my private email (mrwillycameron@yahoo.es) so we can commence all arrangements and I will give you more information on how we would handle this project.
 
I need the information below so that I will send you the application form.
 
Your Name.
Your Home Addresses.
City.
Country.
Home Telephone.
Private Telephone.
Fax No.
Marital Status.
Age.
Occupation.
Religion.
Identity Card.
 
Waiting for your urgent reply as to enable commence immediately,
 
Best Regards,
MR WILLY CAMERON
TESCO BANK LONDON

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