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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: Mr.Mr.Henry James <office01@lag7.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <jameshenryjj@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2015 02:23:25 -0500
Subject: Dear Friend,


Dear Friend, I Am Henry James the Manager, Bills And Exchange at the Foreig=
n Remittance department in a Bank. Actually, I have a very urgent & confide=
ntial Business Proposition for you & for our overall mutual interest. On th=
e 6th of March 2001, our Customer, an American National, late Williams J. S=
tone, an Oil Merchant / Contractor with the Federal Government of Nigeria, =
deposited, a valued amount of US$32Million in my branch. Upon maturity, I s=
ent a routine notification to his forwarded address but got no reply. After=
a month we sent a reminder, & finally we discovered from his contract empl=
oyers NNPC, that late William J. Stone, until his death Twelve years ago in=
a ghastly terrorist attack to American Airlines Flight 11, from Boston, Ma=
ssachusetts, to Los Angeles, California, crashed into the North Tower of th=
e World Trade Center (WTC) with 86 people on board. All occupants of the Ae=
roplane unfortunately lost their lives.On further Investigation, I found ou=
t that he did not leave a WILL and all attempts to trace his Next of kin we=
re Fruitless. Therefore, i made further investigation and discovered that l=
ate Williams J. Stone , did not declare any Next of kin in all his official=
documents.This sum US$32Million is still floating in the bank and the inte=
rest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. W=
ith the state of the Fund,no family member has come for the claim, Accordin=
g to Nigerian Laws, at the expiration of 15years, the money will revert to =
the Ownership of the Nigerian Government if nobody applies to claim the fun=
ds. Consequently,my proposal is that i will like you as a foreigner to stan=
d in as a Next of kin of Late Williams J. Stone This is simple. All I requi=
re is your honest and co-operation to enable us see this deal through. I gu=
arantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will=
protect you from any breach of the law. I will want you to send to me on y=
our return email the following information for the transfer in your favor. =
1. Your full names as the Beneficiary of the Fund. 2. Your contact address.=
3. Your private phone and fax numbers. Let's consider that our ratio of sh=
aring will be as stated Thus; 1. I as the Originator of the Fund will take =
50% of the transferable Fund. 2. You as the Manager of the Fund will take 5=
0% of the transferable Fund. Most importantly, CONFIDENTAILITY as what I sa=
w as the life wire to the success of the transfer of this Fund must have to=
be emulated between you and me. You have to use this media to promise me t=
hat you will not in anyway expose the content of this transaction to anybod=
y be it your Friends, Colleagues and Co-Workers.I will also want you to sen=
d your reply to this email < jameshenryjj01@yahoo.com.hk > as soon as you g=
et this mail to enable us discuss on the modalities and processes for succe=
ss of this transaction. Thanks for your Anticipated cooperation and underst=
anding. I wait for your kind response. Thanks And Remain blessed. Henry Jam=
es

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