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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<info@usa.org>
Reply-To: jamshh10@gmail.com
Date: 21 Nov 2016 14:33:00 -0200
Subject: Hello Dear

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 Business Proposition for you & for our overall
mutual interest. On the 6th of March 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 routine 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 terrorist attack to
American Airlines Flight 11, from Boston, Massachusetts, to Los
Angeles, California, crashed into the North Tower of the World
Trade Center (WTC) with 86 people on board. All occupants of the
Aeroplane unfortunately lost their lives.On further
Investigation, I found out that he did not leave a WILL and all
attempts to trace his


Consequently,my proposal is that i will like you as a foreigner
to stand in as a Next 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 through. I guarantee 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 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, CONFIDENTIALITY
as what I saw 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 that you will not in anyway
expose the content of this transaction to anybody be it your
Friends, Colleagues and Co-Workers.I will also want you to send
your reply to this email < jamshh10@gmail.com > as soon as you
get this mail to enable us discuss on the modalities and
processes for success of this transaction.


Thanks for your Anticipated cooperation and understanding.
I wait for your kind response.
Thanks And Remain blessed.
Henry James.

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