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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: "Daniel Woodlich" (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 15:05:32 -0700
Subject: Re: write back soon

Dear Friend,

Greetings, I hope all is well and my email meets you in good health?
My name is Daniel Woodlich the Manager of a top rated security company
in Europe. I found your name in people search and took a chance to
contact you. Amongst out vast client base, are banks and high income
generating clients with large sums of money deposited with us. We pick
up and deliver cash to banks via means of highly trained and
professional security personal. Amongst our other services are profit
yielding cash deposits for a fixed term period. We deal only in cash.

Having said this I have a very confidential
business proposition for you. In December, 2007, an Iraqi Oil
Consultant/contractor Mr. Amjad Muhktar made a numbered time (Fixed)
Deposit for Twenty-Four calendar months, valued at US$10,000,000.00
(Ten Million Dollars)in cash in my security firm.

Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address
but got no reply. After some months, we sent a reminder and finally on
investigation we discovered from his contract employers, that Mr.
Amjad Muhktar had passed away.

On further investigation, we also discovered that he died without
naming a next of kin for us to contact and all attempts to trace his
next of kin was fruitless. Mr. Amjad Muhktar did not declare any kin
or relations in all his official documents, including his Deposit
paperwork in my firm. No one has ever come forward to claim it. This
sum of US$10,000,000.00 (Ten Million Dollars) is still sitting in my
firm and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at
the end of each year.

Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you to stand in as the
next of kin to Mr. Amjad Muhktar and in doing this I can slot your
name in as his next of kin and have you come in person to our office
to sign the relevant papers and claim the funds. To achieve this I
will need you to provide your full names and address so that an
Attorney will prepare the necessary documents and also a valid
identification.

This is a lifetime opportunity for us (you and I). I am a family man; I have a
wife and children. I send you this mail not without a measure of fear
as to the consequences, but I know within me that nothing ventured is
nothing gained. This is the one truth I have learned from my private
banking clients. For security reasons,
contact me via email (daniel.woodlich@gmail.com) as I do
intend to keep this transaction as discreet as possible and would
advice you do same.

Please write me on my personal E-mail address: daniel.woodlich@gmail.com

With regards,
Daniel Woodlich

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