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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Dr Williams Okafor" <mary>
Reply-To: drwilliamsokafor@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2017 04:35:39 -0700
Subject: Urgent Response.....Good Day

Dear Friend,

I Am Dr.williams Okafor 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 .Douglas .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 Douglas .J. Stone ,until his death
thirteen years ago in a ghastly terrorist attack to American Airlines Flight
11, from Boston, Massachusetts, to Los Angele's, California,
crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center (WTC) with 86 people on
board. All occupants of the Aero plane unfortunately lost their lives. On
further investigation, I found out that he did not leave a WILL and all
attempts to trace his Next of kin were fruitless. I therefore made further
investigation and discovered that late.Douglas .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 interest is being
rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year .No one
will come forward to claim it. According to Nigerian Laws, at the expiration of
14years, the money will revert to the Ownership of the
Nigerian Government if nobody applies to claim the funds.Consequently,my
proposal is that i will like you as a foreigner to stand in as a Next of kin of
late Douglas .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 f 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, CONFIDENTIAL 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 any way 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
drwilliamsokafor@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 reply

Dr.williams Okafor

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