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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: "Davis Wilson Esq." <paulwhite935@googlemail.com>
Reply-To: davischamber8444@att.net
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 11:04:50 -0500
Subject: STAND AS MY LATE CLIENT NEXT OF KIN!

Compliment of the day.

I got your contact in course of my inquiry to locate relations of my
Deceased Client who died in a car crash on the 13th February 2010.The
reason for this is to inherit a Contracts Payment Deposits Account of
$15.5 million of which the Deceased left in a Finance Firm.

Consequently, having gone through to your profile on Internet, I want
you to please assist me to inherit the fund into your Account. This
request emerged last week when the Finance Firm contacted me for the
attention of my Deceases Client (perhaps for one reason or the other
they have tried to contact him and was unsuccessful).

However, thereupon I announced his death and protocols observed I was
mandated (as the deceased's attorney) to provide the Next of Kin to
inherit the Deposits or they will freeze it as” Unclaimed Deposit”.

Unfortunately, and unknown to the Finance Firm, the Next of Kin was
among the dead in the car crash.

But rather leaving the Deposits/Account frozen hence I seek your help
to claim the fund into your Account as you share same names with the
Next of Kin and I have the required Information to execute the
transaction under legal process.

Please contact me for further information and commencement of the
transaction, and I need your full mailing address, your direct
telephone number/Fax number, for this transaction to commence
successfully.

Be informed that your compensation will be 40% of this fund, while 60%
will be my share.

Please it is only trust and honesty to you will make this claim to
work out accordingly, and success will be our achievement at the end
of this transaction.

You can reach me through my E-mail, for more information.

Looking forward to hearing from you soonest.

Have a nice day and God Bless You.

Yours faithfully,
Davis Wilson Esq.

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