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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: RUSSELL WILLIAM <russelwill63@gmail.com>
Reply-To: RUSSELL WILLIAM <russelwill1960@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2018 05:31:08 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Hello


Hello Sir/Madam. I am Mr Johnson Christopher the head ofaudits at North West Capital Fund. On a routine audit check last month, mypartner and I discovered a dormant investment account which was opened in 1990belonging to a foreigner who died on-board the crashed Egypt Air Flight990(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EgyptAir_Flight_990) in 1999.Our records showthat every effort made by our company to track any member of his family or anyone as the next of kin has since failed because the deceased died leaving noheir or a will in his file. My professional partner and I have decided tocontact you in our bid to locate a matured and trustworthy partner to stand asthe next of kin.  We intend to facilitate the transfer ofthis sum of £12.5Million British Pounds in the Investment Deposit to a safeaccount overseas. I am therefore proposing that you confidentially partner withus by standing as the next of kin and provide an account or set up a new onethat will serve the purpose of receiving this fund. For your assistance in thisventure, we are ready to part with a good percentage of the entire funds. Aftergoing through the deceased person's records filed in our office, I discoveredthat no one has operated this account since 1999 till date and he died withouta heir; no one has come forward for this claim, hence the money has beenfloating. The information we have on this account isprivileged and confidential as no other person has access to this. If we do notremit this money urgently, it would be forfeited and subsequently converted tostate funds which may benefit only the shareholders of our company. This moneycan be approved to you legally and with all the necessary documentary approvalsin your name. However, you would be required to show some proof of claim whichI will provide you with and also guide you on how to make your applications. Please do give me a response through myprivate Fax numbers or email so that I can send you detailed information on themodalities of my proposition. I completely trust you to keep this propositionabsolutely confidential.  I look forwardto your prompt response.Best Regards, Johnson ChristopherSenior- Auditor North West Capital Investment Fund.Email; jchristopher999@yahoo.comTel: +447418472997Fax: +448443576929

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