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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: "Margret Williams" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <margretwilliams101@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 02:53:39 -0700
Subject: From Mrs Margret Williams--pls help me

hi dear,

I know my message will sound as a surprise to you since we have never met before by any incidence,however i am confident with my good faith that you will never regret accepting the purpose of my contacting you.This however is not mandatory nor will I in any manner compel you to honor it against your will. Your profile pushed me to send you this mail.

INTRODUCTION

I am Mrs. Margret Williams,widow of Late Funsho Williams,a renowned contractor and astute politician from Nigeria who was assassinated on the 27 of July,2006 in due to his political ambition to become governor of one of the states in Nigeria.
We were married for eleven years without a child.After his death ,I decided not to remarry or get a child outside my matrimonial home due to my faith as a Christian. I am presently hiding in the remote part of the country which i am afraid to mention because my husband's murderer are threatening after my life.
Due to the political situation and unrest in Nigeria presently,i am afraid to come out of my hiding.

PURPOSE OF MY CONTACTING YOU

Before the assassination of my late husband ,he left a total deposit of US$4.8 million dollars (Four million,eight hundred thousand dollars only) in his bank account with one of the major banks in Nigeria,the United Bank for Africa which he made me his next of kin and beneficiary of the money.
The bank having received the news of his death and after waiting for so long for me as his next of kin to claim the money from his account,they are threatening to close down the account and convert the money for their personal use.

This becomes a very worrisome situation for me since i do not want the bank to close down the account and liquidate the money and second of all i could not possibly come out of my hiding to go to the bank over the money else my identity will be revealed.As a matter of fact,this is another electioneering year in Nigeria with blood in their political eyes.
This becomes the reason why i have decided to seek for any known organization or person to help me transfer the money out of the bank into his bank account in a foreign country where the money would be safer and secured .I have asked God to give me the direction of the person until i am able to locate your good profile on the internet.

If you will be willing to assist me of my intention,i will like to present you before the bank as my next of kin so you would be able to claim the money from the bank.
I only need your data such as full name,sex,age,postal address,occupation and contact telephone number and your bank account to send to the bank as my next of kin whom i expect to claim the money in my stead.When i send your details to the bank,they will use your information to re profile the money to you as the new beneficiary and transfer it to your bank account..
After receiving the money to your account,i will like to fly over to your country and together we will share the money in two equal percentages,50% for you and the other 50% for me.I will like to use my part of the money to settle down in your country for a new life.
This is my good intention and God's willing i am ready to fulfill it to the letter.
I will like you to reply me immediately if you are willing of my offer.Any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing of another organization or good person for this same purpose.
kindly reply me to my personal email address at:margretwilliams101@hotmail.com.

I will be waiting for your good response.


Sincerely

love from
Mrs Margaret Williams

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