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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.WAZDA WILLIAMS" <mr.wazda_will@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: wazda_willi@blumail.org
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 23:35:57 +0200
Subject: MR.WAZDA WILLIAMS

MR.WAZDA WILLIAMS
OUAGOUDOUGOU,
BURKINA FASO
REPLY TO:wazda_willi@blumail.org
Dear Sir,

RE: TRANSFER OF (US$15m)Fifteen Million United States Dollars Only

We want to transfer to overseas the sum of (US$15m)Fifteen Million United
States Dollars Onlyfrom a Prime Bank in Africa.

I would like to ask you to quietly look for a reliable and honest person
whowill be capable and fit to provide either an existing bank account or
to set upa new Bank a/c immediately to receive this money, even an empty
a/c can serveas far as it can receive money.

I am
MR.WAZDA WILLIAMS an accountant and personal confidant to Dr.Ravindra
F.Shah who died together with his wife Dr.Mrs. Manjula Parikh-Shah in a
planecrash on the 1st Oct. 2003on their way to attend wedding in Boston.

Dr. Ravindra F. Shah, is an American, a physician and industrialist, he
diedwithout having any beneficiary to his assets including his account
here in Burkina Fasowhich he opened in the year 2000 as his personal
savings for the purpose ofexpansion and developement of his company before
his untimely death in 2003.

The amount involved is (US$15m)Fifteen Million United States Dollars
Onlyno other person knows about this account.

I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be
approvedto a local person here, without valid international foreign
passport, but canonly be approved to any foreigner with valid
international passport or driverslicense and foreign a/c because the money
is in US Dollars and the former ownerof the a/c Mr.Ravindra F. Shah is
aforeigner too, and as such the money canonly be approved into a foreign
a/c.

I need your full co-operationto make this work fine because the management
isready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct
information ofthis account, which I will give to you, upon your positive
response and once Iam convinced that you are capable and will meet up with
the inheritanceprocedures.

At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 35% of the
totalamount,60% will be for me, while 5% will be for expenses both parties
mighthave incurred during the process of transferring.

You should observe utmost CONFIDENTIALITY AND SECRECY in this transaction,
andrest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of
usbecause I will require your assistance to invest my share in your
country.

I look forward to your prompt response.please REPLY:TO:
wazda_willi@blumail.org

Sincerely,

MR.WAZDA WILLIAMS


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