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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: wigwe565@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2015 10:34:49 +0100
Subject: Very Urgent Attention,

Very Urgent Attention,

Please permit me to introduce my self to you, I'm Mr.
MR.HERBERT WIGWE the
International Relation's Manager with Access Bank Nig Plc.
I got your
email address on the Internet. I hope you read this message
carefully and
reply me immediately. Although we have not met before, but I
suggest that
this transaction will bring us together. We have a customer,
a foreigner
based here in Nigeria, his Name is Mr. Hamilton who based
here with his
wife and two kids from Atlanta Georgia United State of
America, he has
been our customer with our bank for the past 4yrs, some
time August 2010,
Mr. Hamilton and family were on his way to their house,
unfortunately
he ran into a Trailer load of Groundnut Oil, and all of
them died.

The Board Of Directors and Management of Access Bank Nig Plc
has mandated
me to look for Mr. Hamilton Creek relation/relatives or his
next of Kin to
come and claim Mr. Hamilton's Fund, but all the effort could
not yield and
positive result, I have contacted his Embassy and after
3days, his
Ambassador told me that Mr. Hamilton Creek has no relation
and no next of
kin, their Ambassador told me that Mr. Hamilton used his
first son as his
next of kin, but it is quite unfortunate that Mr. Hamilton
Creek died with
all his family members

The reason why I contacted you is thus, Mr. Hamilton is
dead, and his only
son whom supposed to inherit his properties and money also
died with him.
As at this moment, nobody or person[s] is coming to claim
this money from
our bank. The board of directors and management of our bank
has told me
that if nobody or person[s] apply for the claim of Mr.
Hamilton Fund, the
bank will return Mr. Hamilton's Fund into our Federal
Reserve account

In light of the above I want you to stand/apply as the
Relation/relative
of Late Mr. Hamilton Creek. I want you to act as the
Hamilton's relation,
so that you will inherit Mr. Hamilton Creek Money which he
deposited with
our bank, it might interest you to know that Mr. Hamilton
has a
Domiciliary Bank Account with our Bank and he has a total
sum of US$9.2M
Nine Million Two Hundred Dollars, this money is still in his
account as
unclaimed money.

This transaction is very easy and simple, and it is 100%
risk free, I'm
the Manager for International Relations with Access Bank Nig
Plc, and the
Management and Board of Directors of the Bank are waiting
for me to
provide to them the Relation or next of Kin to late Mr.
Hamilton Creek, of
which I told them that I am still searching for the next of
kin to the
deceased.

Finally, if you are interested with this transaction, I will
present you
to the bank as the only next of kin to late Mr. Hamilton
Creek, hence to
claim the funds. If this deal suits your interest then
contact me so that
we can proceed for the transferring of the late Mr. Hamilton
outstanding
funds into your bank account.

Feel free to ask any questions, we will share the funds when
transferred
into your bank account equal

Thanks and have a nice day.

Friendly Regards

MR.HERBERT WIGWE

CALL ME ON MY NUMBER +234-7086558372.

NB: Please reply to my personal mailbox: wigwe565@gmail.com

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