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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: "Economic And Financial Crimes Commission" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <barr_williams_saraki@mail.kz>
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2012 15:11:16 +0300
Subject: Did you approve this claim to Mrs. Sarah McDaniel.

Economic And Financial Crimes Commission
No. 15A, Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos,
Nigeria.

Attention!! Attention!!

This is to bring to your notice that our office in collaboration with the US Department of States on the fight on scam, fraud and terrorism, we have carried an investigation that proof you as the true beneficiary of $2.5millionusd being a willed inheritance contract payment from late Mr. Mark Wilson who was a contractor with the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporations (NNPC) and in our investigation you are his next of kin and beneficiary of the said payment but we are having a counter claim from one Mrs. Sarah McDaniel from New York City of United States of America who is claiming you are incapacitated due to a fatal accident that has permanently disfigured you and on your sick bed you have authorized her to make this claim to herself and as a proof and for our perusal, she has directed us to visit the site below which shows series of accident cars where you are involved in one of them.

Please see the website and confirm if you are actually involved in any of the accident cars.

Website: http://www.car-accidents.com/pages/car_accident_photo.html

But if you are not involved in any of these accident cars then confirm immediately as we have already giving mandate and authorization of payment to our accredited lawyer (Barrister Williams Saraki) who is to pay anybody as may be presented to him, so contact him with the email address below and he advice further on how you will receive the payment which is a signed certified bank draft on your name.

Contact person: Barrister Williams Saraki.
Email: barr_williams_saraki@mail.kz

Again and as anticipated, urgently contact the lawyer with a confirmation of your contact details as stated below.

Your full name:
Residential/contact address:
Nationality:
Direct phone no:

Yours faithfully,

Femi Babafemi
(EFCC spokesman)

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