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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: william jackson <"www."@shore.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: william jackson <wj48054@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2017 20:23:25 +0900 (JST)
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL


Dear Sir


I trust all is well with you on your end. My name is William Jackson and I am a broker/agent by profession. I am based in London-UK. My job is to link up investors with entrepreneurs/business owners who are seeking for funds to expand their existing business or develop a new business idea. Recently, I came in contact with a Syrian business man who is seeking ways to move out Cash funds in excess of US$22.5 Million out of Turkey and invest in foreign countries. Due to the political unrest/civil war in Syria, the fund owner with the help of some Syrian diplomats moved the funds out from Syria and brought it into Turkey in Cash form. I am in turkey at the moment.

Presently the fund is deposited with a storage facility in Istanbul-Turkey under a false declaration that the contents of the deposit are hospital equipment’s and classified documents whereas the actual content of the deposit is raw cash of over US$22.5 Million.He is seeking the assistance of a foreigner who can help him move the funds out of Turkey so the person can help him invest the funds in his/her country for a good ROI.

I decided to communicate you believing you are capable of handling this and that we can also make good profit out of it.
He is offering 25% of the total funds for the assistance.Let me know if this is of interest to you so I can give you further information's about this.


Best Regards

William Jackson
Email=wj48054@gmail.com

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