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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: "Mrs Babara" <info@comcast.net>
Reply-To: glenwilson004@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2017 00:06:18 +0800
Subject: CONTACT LAWYER WILSON FOR YOUR UNCLAIMED FUNDS



Good morning,
I hope you receive my email, my name is Mrs Babara Westwood, 47 years Old,=
I am a US citizen, I reside here in Oklahoma. My residential address is as=
follows:- Flat B1 Jorge Rd,Oklahoma, United States, i was one of the victi=
ms to scam people when i contacted the wrong people parading themselves to =
be UNCC, Customs Enforcement, FBI Agents or and other compensation body ma=
ny years ago and they refused to pay me. I had paid over $73,900 while in t=
he US, trying to get my payment until i was directed to Lawyer Glen Wilson,=
a USA attorney who works with the American Immigration Lawyers Association=
(AILA) for over 27 years & i contacted him and he explained everything to =
me.
=

He said whoever is contacting us through emails are scam artist.He took me =
to the paying bank for the claim of my Compensation payment. Right now I am=
the most happiest woman on earth because I have received my compensation f=
unds of $12.500,000.00usd (twelve million, five hundred united state dollar=
s)
=

Moreover, the lawyer, showed me the full information of those that are yet =
to receive their payments and your name and email address is there, so that=
is why I decided to email you to stop dealing with those people,they are n=
ot with your fund, they are only making money out of you. I will advise you=
to contact him. You have to contact him directly on this information below=
...with the following required details below :-
Full Name
Address
Age
Sex
Phone
=

LAWYER GLEN WILSON.
Email: glenwilson004@gmail.com
=

You really have to stop dealing with those people that are contacting you a=
nd telling you that your fund is with them, it is not in
anyway with them, they are only taking advantage of you and they will dry y=
ou up until you have nothing.The only money I paid after
I met with the Barrister was just $335 for the delivery of my funds and obt=
aining all required documents, you did not need to travel down anymore & yo=
ur fund will be transfer to your account or by ATM card. Once again stop co=
ntacting those people, I will advise you to contact the Barister so that h=
e can help you to Deliver/transfer your fund instead of dealing with those =
liars that will be turning you around asking for different kind of money to=
complete your transaction.
=

So i advise you to send him an email now and explain whats going on with yo=
ur funds.
Mrs Babara Westwood.
Flat B1 Jorge Rd,
Oklahoma =

United States.

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