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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: "Mr. Abba Wooler" <judy@cobalt.pobox.com>
Reply-To: <abbawooler1@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 18:48:31 +0100
Subject: I NEED HONESTY PERSON

Greetings,

Naturally, this letter will come to you as a surprise since we have
not met, permit me however It is with deep sense of honor and respect
that I humbly make this appeal to you with the understanding that any
fact/s or opinion/s expressed in this letter are given in confidence
and solely for your personal information and use.

I am afraid many things is going on now in the internet and it is the
only way I think that I can get this issue solved but If it does not
interest you, disregard the mail but if it makes sense to you, I open
my arms wide to do business with you.

I am Mr. Abba Wooler, I am a fund manager HSBC bank London of United
Kingdom,considering the fact that I sourced your profile from a human
resource profile database on your country through Internet.
Few yrs ago, I used an unclaimed fund {$100 million USD} whose owner
has died 23yrs ago and no one has come to claim the money. I secretly
invest the fund in a high interest program in the Jordan International
bank London, United Kingdom. It ran for 7yrs and I made a profit of
$10million USD.

I have stopped the program and have returned the capital back to our
bank, now its this $10 million USD profit I made which is in an
escrow account in our bank, but I will like us to pull the interest I
made from the investment and transfer it out of London to your
country. All I have to do is to name you as the beneficiary and have
it transferred to any bank account of your choice.

I don't know who to contact, that's why I am contacting you today, I
will need you to partner with me and provide an account where I can
wire transfer this fund and as soon as you have received it in your
bank account, I will fly over to meet you. I will give you 40% of the
money for your help and I will take 60% too. This is 100% risk free as
I legitimately acquired the fund and cannot transfer it to my account
with our bank here.

If you are interested in this transaction, please do not hesitate to
email me as soon as possible

As I said there are no risks involved in this transaction. Feel free
to ask any question herein.

Thank you,
Mr. Abba Wooler

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