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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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From: "wordenhoward" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <wordenhoward744@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2016 01:14:24 -0700
Subject: BUSINESS DEAL

It is of great pleasure to write you this message, my name is Worden Howard , feel free to call me worden howard,i am an orphan and also seperated with two
lovely children namely sarah and ruby with ages 5years and 7years ,As i am a an american citizen that had my children with a french woman, i am currently based in Camp Red Cloud, in the City of Uijeongbu near the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), South Korea.
Now about the proposal, in the past years, there was severe rains that caused deadly flooding and damage to South Korea, some wealthy people, including politicians
were killed and their houses and companies were destroyed as a result of the severe flood. Majority of them lost their entire family as a result of this. Billions of dollars were realized by the Government in their business structures, houses that was destroyed, but mostly companies.
During a routine patrol by my unit sometime ago as among the United Nation supervisory Committee in Petroleum matters, As i was not always around with the mother of my
children as a result of the nature of my job and how she maltreat me and beat the children,after lavishing my money on other men,and also selling some of my properties.And i was fortunate to open an account that i secretly deposited a huge sum of €20,000,000 twenty millions euros after a long life savings in the bank that has yielded to this interest amount.
At the moment, the funds is privately secured and safe, without the awareness of the mother of my children,because i am fed up of his oppression and problem,and i desire a life of peace in my life, But I cannot continue to hold it back here for long, because if he finds out, I will lose it all and will result to an immediate
and he can use all his powers and influence to fight me. So I want to partner with you to secure this money after using your bank account to it claim the money from my bank as my security guarantee and keep the money safe in your location,as i plan my retirements from my job and come and collect my own share of the money,as i am
willing to take 60% of the money and give you 40% share of the money,because i am a single mother which is a parent of two and i care for my children alone. I need your help to handle these funds.
Please let me have your opinion,as soon as I get it, I will start making arrangement to proceed further, If we are favoured and fast enough, we can conclude this within the next seven(7) days in a week.
But can I trust you? As I already informed you that, the proposal is of mutual benefit, once the funds get to you, you take 40% and keep my 60%, I believe this is fair enough. Your role here is to help me claim the money and remove your share and keep my own share till i come to collect it, 1.What do you do for a living?2.Are you married with kids? 3.Can you handle these funds? We need to build trust!!
I want you to know that, the knowledge of this funds is just between the two of us and the bank, so try and keep this private. If you are not capable of handling
this huge sum please let me know, as I have done everything possible to make this a reality from this end. Do not let me down.Keep in mind at all time the need for
confidentiality and absolute secrecy before we conclude this transaction. Phone conversation is not a safe measure in this endeavor. Remember to keep this secret. I cannot call you on the phone or receive fax,my number is +82-7-915-606 and my Roaming number +33-605-7440-19 as I am not always at base as a result of my operational
schedule and active duty,yes is because i am under security patrol routine as ordered to prohibit externals and internal territory calls against pirate and terrorist
attack. Hope you are okay with this? . Will you still help? I need your urgent reply in this regard. If you are interested, please let me know, than having hopes.my
email is wordenhoward744@yahoo.com and wordenhowardgeorge@usa.com

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