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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: "Dr. Harry Williams" <DrHarry.Williams2@outlook.com>
Reply-To: Drharry.williams1@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 26 May 2014 19:09:48 +0000
Subject: Acknowledge and get back immediately



From Dr. Harry Williams

Email: Drharry.williams1@hotmail.com

Compliments of the day, my name is Dr. Harry Williams, Private Auditor
General Barclay's Credit Group bank,here in United Kingdom. I
discovered a Numbered account with a credit balance GBP£26.400.000 .00
(Twenty six million Four hundred thousand British Pounds sterling)
plus accumulated interest, which belongs to an French businessman Mr.
Paul-Louis Halley.He was estimated to have a fortune of £2.2bn,
putting him at 104th on the Forbes World's Richest People list in
2003. He died in a plane crash on the 6th day of December 2003 Until
now, nobody knows about his bank account with Barclay's Credit Group
bank and my further investigation proved that the deceased immediate
family also died in the tragedy. This account holds GBP£26.400.000 .00
(Twenty six million Four hundred thousand British Pounds sterling)

Please visit this wikipedia page below for more information about Mr.
Paul Louis Halley:

Paul-Louis Halley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Paul-Louis Halley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Paul-Louis Halley (16 September 1934 – 6 December 2003) was a French
businessman who co-founded the retail company Promodès, which later
merged with Carrefour. Much of his fortune came from his 11%
stakeholding in Carrefour. He was estimated ...

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With my position at the bank, I have all access, secret details and
necessary contacts for claim of the funds without any hitch. But due
to the sensitive nature of my job, I need a foreigner to HELP claim
the funds, my position as a civil servant and as a staff of the bank
does not permit me or my relatives to claim this funds. Therefore I
contact you as a foreigner to arrange the transfer of this fund out of
this account before our next auditing because If our bank management
discover that this account has been latent for these long, it will be
frozen and the money will be returned to the bank treasury, as
unclaimed public funds. Therefore, I want you to stand as the “Foreign
Beneficiary", and I assure you of a perfect transfer strategy that
will be placed in your name legally, so that nobody will suspect your
claims.

For your involvement in this deal, you are entitled to 40% of the
total amount transferred to your bank account and I will count on your
sense of secrecy in order to avoid risky exposure of this deal. Upon
consideration of the offer, Kindly provide me with your full name,
contact address and your direct telephone/fax number, to enable me
re-profile the fund to your name as the heir beneficiary and guide
your communication with the bank for onward release and transfer of
the fund to your bank account. Feel free to call me for further
discussions.

Considering the sensitivity nature and magnitude of this project,i ask
your reply to my private Email: Drharry.williams1@hotmail.com

Thanking you in anticipation for your prompt response.

Best Regards,
Dr. Harry Williams,
Private Auditor General
Barclay's Credit Group
bank London.

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