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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!

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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. David Wood." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <david4621wood@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 03:24:48 -0400
Subject: YOUR TOTAL PARTNERSHIP AND SINCERITY.

Attention Prospective Partner,

YOUR TOTAL PARTNERSHIP AND SINCERITY.

Firstly, I apologize for sending you this sensitive information via e-mail instead of a Certified mail/Post-mail. This is due to the urgency and importance of the information. This proposal is based on trust, confidentiality and sincerity of purpose in order to have an acceptable meeting of the minds.

I am Mr. David Wood, a Solicitor at Law and the personal Attorney/Sole Executor to the late Mr. Randolph Marriott, hereinafter referred to as my client; an industrialist, who worked as a Contractor with Exxon Mobil Oil Producing Company (U.K) in my country and passed away. There is an account opened in one of the banks in the United Kingdom by my client in 2010 and no family member knows about this account or anything concerning it.

I was in Dubai for a CONFERENCE and I got your information from a trade consultant, though I did not disclose the purpose of my seeking for a foreign partner to him.I need a foreign partner that should stand as my partner on the claim and joint management of this fund that is lying unclaimed in the Escrow account of this Bank.

This fund valued Three Hundred Million United States Dollars (US$300,000,000.00) came to existence as a contract payment made by EXXON MOBIL COMPANY into the account of a Client for contracts executed few years ago, ever since this payment was transferred into his account here in my country, every effort made to get hold of his next of kin or relative to put in claims on this contractor payment has not been fruitful.


The banking rules here in my country, have it that if a depositor has been confirmed dead and the account has been dormant and for a period of three (3) years and no one comes up for the claim of such deposit, the bank has the right to declare the fund as unclaimed and be transferred into the Government treasury, with a 40% commission, ever since I got this news I have been waiting for the appropriate time to convert this fund for my personal utilization, just last week an official notification letter was sent to this organization by the bank on the arrangement to declare this fund unclaimed and the recent merger of this company (Mobil) and Exxon Oil, I see it appropriate to convert this fund for personal utilization between us, but this will not be actualized without your help as a relative of the deceased or his Associate and as the next of kin to the account.

I am contacting you to be my partner, and to stand as my trustee to enable me present you before the bank as either the business associate or the distant relative of this contractor, to facilitate this fund ownership change in your favor and immediate transfer into your account, pending my visit there in your country for sharing and investments between us, I also want to reassure you that every step on this fund transfer is free of any risk and it will be carried out under a legitimate process that will protect you from any breach of the law.

On the completion of this fund into your account, the sharing should be thus:- 50% is for me as the initiator and I will confidently hand over to you all the essential documents on this very contract that the payment is lying unclaimed in the bank, you will also guide me on the investment of this my share into real estate there in your country.

45% should be for you as my partner, considering the essential role that you will play in this transaction.


However, before further details of this laudable transaction will be revealed to you. I must be convinced of your integrity, transparency and honest, so I will require from the following details:-
Your name in full.
Your residential Address in full.
Your Mobile (Cell) telephone number.
Tel/Fax Number
Brief information on your profile, this should include your age, marital status and nature of Job.


This is highly business transaction that requires someone with experience, exposure and more than average means of livelihood. Please treat this transaction as strictly confidential as I am still active with this organization. Forward your response to this email: david4621wood@outlook.com.

Sincerely,

Mr. David Wood.
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