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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: Henry James <web15@info108.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <jameshenryjj@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2016 04:55:24 -0500
Subject: I wait for your kind response,


Dear Friend,
=

I Am Henry James the Manager, Bills And Exchange at the Foreign Remittance=
department in a Bank. Actually, I have a very urgent & confidential Busine=
ss Proposition for you & for our overall mutual interest. On the 6th of Mar=
ch 2001, our Customer, an American National, late Williams J. Stone, an Oil=
Merchant / Contractor with the Federal Government of Nigeria, deposited, a=
valued amount of US$32Million in my branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routin=
e notification to his forwarded address but got no reply. After a month we =
sent a reminder, & finally we discovered from his contract employers NNPC, =
that late William J. Stone, until his death Twelve years ago in a ghastly t=
errorist attack to American Airlines Flight 11, from Boston, Massachusetts,=
to Los Angeles, California, crashed into the North Tower of the World Trad=
e Center (WTC) with 86 people on board. All occupants of the Aeroplane unfo=
rtunately lost their lives.On further Investigation, I found out that he di=
d not leave a WILL and all attempts to trace his Next of kin were Fruitless.
=

Therefore, i made further investigation and discovered that late Williams=
J. Stone , did not declare any Next of kin in all his official documents.T=
his sum US$32Million is still floating in the bank and the interest is bein=
g rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. With the stat=
e of the Fund,no family member has come for the claim, According to Nigeria=
n Laws, at the expiration of 15years, the money will revert to the Ownershi=
p of the Nigerian Government if nobody applies to claim the funds. Conseque=
ntly,my proposal is that i will like you as a foreigner to stand in as a Ne=
xt of kin of Late Williams J. Stone This is simple.
=

All I require is your honest and co-operation to enable us see this deal t=
hrough. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangeme=
nt that will protect you from any breach of the law. I will want you to sen=
d to me on your 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 sharing 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 50% of the transferable Fund. =

=

Most importantly,CONFIDENTAILITY as what I saw as the life wire to the suc=
cess of the transfer of this Fund must have to be emulated between you and =
me. You have to use this media to promise me that you will not in anyway ex=
pose the content of this transaction to anybody be it your Friends, Colleag=
ues and Co-Workers.I will also want you to send your reply to this email < =
jameshenryjj01@yahoo.com.hk > as soon as you get this mail to enable us dis=
cuss on the modalities and processes for success of this transaction. Thank=
s for your Anticipated cooperation and understanding.
=

I wait for your kind response.
=

Thanks And Remain blessed.
=

Henry James


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