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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: "HENRY WILSON " <info2@notification547.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <henrywilson2009@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2013 02:58:16 +0530
Subject: Please absorb me in partnership !!!!


Henry Wilson
REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA
PLS ,REPLY TO: Email, henrywilson2009@gmail.com

Dearest One,
Please absorb me in partnership in Your Country.

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you, I got your contact through your country investors directory. Although we have not met, but with trust l have decided to contact you and seek for your humble assistance.

Briefly, my name is Henry Wilson 31yrs. and poor me was the only surviving child of my parents cost by civil war. My father had lost his life in the course of political crises in my country, REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA. My father was the General overseer of the Gold / Diamond Mining in Liberia during the formal government of president Charles Taylor (1997-2003) My father ''WILLED'' to me the sum of ($4.3M USD,) which he deposited in one of the Bank in Europe.According to my father then, this FUND was meant for the building of an Auto repair company in Ivory -Coast COTE D''IVOIRE, from where I am contacting you and I'm a political refuge in Abidjan Cote D' Ivoire.

I will need a Property to set up a Real Estate company and other business that is why I contacted you. I was made to understand that your country is extremely superior in Industrial and Real Estate development, and is also among the fastest Asia developing country. I need a project manager who will be able to assist me to establish a very lucrative business on real estate Company in your country that is why i have contacted you to seek for your consent to assist me to run this project in your country.

The funds are temporary kept in the ES-COO account of the bank. I will give you 25% of the total sum and 70% for my investment project while 5% is to cover any expenses on both sides.. I hope i have been fair to this deal. Get back to me if interested and capable to handle the project,

I cannot openly acclaim the ownership of these funds and invest it in a very lucrative business outside.The cash will be released to you on trust and after we have signed a binding memorandum. All I need from you is to stand as my trustee/ beneficiary of the above mentioned sum and I and my lawyer will re-profile the funds with your data, which will enable transfer the sum to your Country's personal account.

So if you can be trusted, I will explain further when I get a response from you. Kindly, re-confirm the following to me as follows.(1)Your Full Name. (2) Phone / Fax.(3) Company Name, Position and Address.(4) Profession, Age and Marital Status.(5) Copy of International
Passport.

Thanks for expected cooperation.

Yours Truly One,
Henry Wilson

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