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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: ossey williams <osseywilliamsmen2001@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2021 18:26:05 +0400
Subject: Business Proposal


*From The Desk of Mr. Ossey Williams, Branch Manager National Bank of
DUBAIGHQ Officer Club Branch, DUBAI - U.A.E Good day Friend, I'm pleased
to get across to you with a very urgent and profitable business proposal, i
need your assistance in this urgent matter. I got your e-mail address from
the Internet while browsing and i decided to contact you for your
assistance in this urgent matter that requires trust and confidentiality.
I'm Mr. Ossey Williams, Branch Manager National Bank of DUBAI, GHQ
Officer Club Branch, DUBAI, U.A.E. I'm married with four Children.I'm
writing this proposal to ask for your support and cooperation to carry out
this deal opportunity in my department. My name is Mr. Ossey Williams the
Branch manager, National Bank of DUBAI Int’l Airport Cash-Office Branch
(UNITED ARAB EMIRATES), married with three children. I am writing this
letter to ask for your support and co-operation to carry out this business
opportunity in my department. After annual audit Last month in my branch I
discover documents of a late client Mr. Andreas Schranner A German business
magnate who made a numbered fixed deposit with this branch valued $12M
(Twelve Million United State Dollars,) and I was lucky to have the scan
documents with me in save position. I discovered from his contract
employers, the Petroleum Corporation that Mr. Andreas Schranner, died in
the plane crash Monday, 31 July 2000, (an air France jet liner) with his
entire family and other passengers on board as you can confirm it yourself
via the website below for (BBC
NEWS:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/859479.stm
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/859479.stm>Most astonishing of my
discovery was that, all records bear no next of kin, meaning no member of
Mr. Andreas Schranner family knows about the deposit therefore, no member
of his family will ever come forward to claim the money, in order for the
bank not to declare the said sum of Twelve Million United State Dollars
($12,000,000.00) as unclaimed funds and confiscate it to the emirates
treasury account, the above stated funds must be claimed immediately by
somebody standing in as late Mr. Andreas Schranner Next of Kin because
according to (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES LAW), at the expiration of 15 (Fifteen)
years, the money will be reverted to the ownership of the (UNITED ARAB
EMIRATES GOVERNMENT) if nobody applies to claim the fund. This revelation
is only known to me because i was his personal account officer before i was
moved to my present post as the branch manager, now i seek your cooperation
to act as next of kin to late Mr. Thomas Stone, to claim the funds and move
them into useful investments, we shall split the cash between our self upon
the confirmation of the money into your Bank account. I am ready to offer
you 35% of the total funds and 60% for me as the initiator of the deal
while 5% will be set aside for any expenses. Please note that by virtue of
my position in the bank, i have worked out perfect modality as well as i
shall provide the relevant information and documents for the successful
claiming and transfer of the funds into the account that will be provided
by you. I cannot stand in the forefront of this transaction because i work
with the bank, that is why i have come to you for assistance, be rest
assured that this deal involves no risk, upon the receiving of your
acceptance mail . (1) Your Valid Direct Tel/ Mobile/Fax Number. (2) Your
Full Name: (3) Current Resident Address. (4) Your Private E-mail Address.
(5) Your Occupation: (6) Your Age and Sex: (7) Your Nationality: Then i
shall furnish you with due process of concluding this transaction without
any delay. Please discard this message if you are not interested and keep
this deal TOP SECRET ONLY BETWEEN YOU AND ME. One Passionate appeal, i will
make to you is not to discuss this matter with anybody, if you have any
reasons to reject this offer, please and please destroy this message as any
Leakage of this information will be too bad for me at my work place as the
Branch Manager National Bank of DUBAI here in U.A.E and that is why i
can't use my official email address to contact you for security purpose, i
had to open a private email address which is ( osseywilliams20 for this
transaction alone while we will be dealing through the email till we could
meet in person and i will provide you my direct phone number in my second
letter. Thanks for your kind understanding. Mr. Ossey Williams,Branch
Manager National Bank of DUBAI GHQ Officer Club Branch, DUBAI - U.A.E*

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