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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@lee.org>
Reply-To: henryjjames1@hotmail.com
Date: 31 Jan 2018 19:00:11 +0200
Subject: GOOD DAY

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 <henryjjames1@hotmail.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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