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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: "Confidential Y2K" <confidentialy2k@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2005 05:28:58 -0400
Subject: FROM WILER.

BILL WILER & ASSOCIATE.
(BARRISTER&SOLICITOR)
PHONE +447040104812
180 ALBERT STREET,SUITE 104
LONDON,ONTARIO
N6A 1M1

ATTN:
REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE

IT IS MY HUMBLE PLEASURE TO WRITE YOU THIS LETTER IRRESPECTIVE OF THE FACT
THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW ME,I GOT YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS DURING MY SEARCH FOR A
RELIABLE AND TRUSTWORTHY PERSON THAT CAN HANDLE SUCH A CONFIDENTIAL
TRANSACTION OF THIS NATURE.

MY NAME IS BARRISTER BILL WILER A SENIOR ADVOCATE HERE IN UK, AND A MEMBER
OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHT ORGANIZATION.
I HAVE BEING CONTACTED IN CONFIDENCE BY JOHNNY TAYLOR A NEPHEW TO THE FORMER
PRESIDENT OF LIBERAL TO NEGOTIATE FOR A PARTNER WHO COULD PARTICIPATE IN A
FINANCIAL TRANSACTION VALUED USD$28,000,000

ACCORDING TO JOHNNY TAYLOR, WHO IS CURRENTLY ON A POLITICAL ASYLUM IN
AFRICAN, THAT BEFORE THE CRISES IN LIBERAL IN 2003, HIS UNCLE THE FORMER
PRESIDENT MR. CHARLES TAYLOR MOVED THE ABOVE SUM IN CASH INTO DIPLOMATIC
TRUNK BOX OUT OF LIBERAL AND DEPOSITED THE FUND WITH A SECURITY COMPANY
OVERSEAS FOR SAFE KEEPING AND IT WAS DECLARED TO THE SECURITY COMPANY AS
FAMILY TREASURE

INLINE WITH THE STATUS OF DEPOSIT THAT IS THE DOCUMENTATION WHICH WAS
PRESENTED TO ME BY JOHNNY TAYLOR. BEFORE CONTACTING YOU FOR THIS BUSINESS, I
HAVE VERIFY THE DOCUMENTS FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY TO ASCERTAIN THAT IT IS
NOT FACETIOUS OR NOT IN ANY INTENT OF FRAUD OR SCAM ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH
TRANSACTION.

ON YOUR WILINESS/INTEREST TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS TRANSACTION WHICH IS 100%
FREE RISK AND ALL LEGAL ASPECT WILL BE DULLY OBSERVE .MORE GUIDE LINE WILL
DISCLOSE TO YOU, WHILE 30% HAVE BEING AGREED BY MR. JOHNNY TAYLOR FOR YOUR
COMPENSATION FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE TO RETRIEVE THIS MONEY FROM THE SECURITY
COMPANY AND TRANSFERRING INTO YOUR ACCOUNT FOR AN INVESTMENT PURPOSE ON HIS
BEHALF.

NOTE THAT THIS BUSINESS IS STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL AND YOU ARE EXPECTED TO
RESPOND BY SHOWING YOUR INTEREST WITHIN FIVE WORKING DAYS INADDITION
ENCLUSING YOUR PRIVATE PHONE,OTHERWISE I WILL COMPEL TO APPROACH ANOTHER
PERSON.

lOOKING FORWARD FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED CO-OPERATION
BARRISTER. BILL WILER
( B.L, LLB, PH.D)


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