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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. Kelvin Williams" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <wkelvin441@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 02:52:40 +0100
Subject: YOU WILL NOT PAY ANY FEE OR ANY CHARGES INVOLVE

Hello dear,
 
This bank has an instruction to see to the immediate release of the sum of (US$1.5Million) claims, that has been held on since it has to be transferred into your bank Account from their Domiciliary Account with this bank.
 
We were meant to understand from our findings that you have been going through hard ways by paying a lot of charges to see to the release of your funds from different banks here in Africa, which has been the hand work of some miscreant elements from this country and corrupt bank officers.
 
I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT I WILL PERSONALLY HANDLE ALL THE EXPENSES IN THIS TRANSACTION, YOU WILL NOT PAY ANY FEE OR ANY CHARGES, I WILL HANDLE ALL DOCUMENTS EXPENSES MYSELF SO DO NOT BE AFRAID, ALL I NEED IS YOUR HONEST AND TRUST TO HANDLE THIS PROJECT.
 
I will advice that you stop further communication with any correspondence from them,or anywhere concerning your funds, it was due to running around and trying my possible best to see that your fund is finally transferred to your bank account, i have been occupied with for some months now all in the name of making sure we get a successful result,never the less i have a good news for you. i have been able to locate a good financier who has agreed to give us a loan so as to be able to get the fees required payed.i will want you to get back to me for further update and instruction in regards to the loan firm.
 
If you are willing to handle this project with trust, then send me below information so I will submit the bank for the transfer to your account.
( 1 ) FULL NAMES:
( 2 ) RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:
( 3 ) CELL PHONE NUMBERS:
( 4 ) OCCUPATION:
( 5 ) DATE OF BIRTH:
ALSO SEND THE ACCOUNT INFORMATION FOR THE WIRE TRANSFER OF THE (US$50,000.00) TO YOUR ACCOUNT FOR THE PROJECT.
( 1 ) NAME OF YOUR BANK:
( 2 ) PHYSICAL ADDRESS OF YOUR BANK:
( 3 ) COUNTRY:
( 4 ) STATE:
( 5 ) CITY:
( 6 ) ZIP CODE:
( 7 ) ACCOUNT NAME:
( 8 ) ACCOUNT NUMBER:
IF YOU HAVE A COMPANY'S ACCOUNT, THAT WILL BE MORE BETTER FOR THIS KIND OF FUNDS, BUT IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THEN SEND YOUR PERSONAL ACCOUNT.
NOTE THAT YOU WILL NOT PAY ANY FEE, ALL FEES AND DOCUMENTS TO PROTECT THIS (US$50,000.00) IN YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE BY THE LOAN YOU WILL ONLY PAY THE LOAN AFTER YOUR FUNDS HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED TO YOU.
 
Thanking you for your urgent response,
 
Mr. Kelvin Williams
CELL PHONE: +234-814-682-2498
EMAIL: wkelvin441@gmail.com.



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