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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: "Mr.Wender David" <wheeltruck45@att.net>
Reply-To: winderdavid22@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:12:15 -0800 (PST)
Subject: HELLO.. THIS IS URGENT PLZ GET BACK TO ME....




Dear Sir/Madam 
 
I am sure that the receipt of this mail will be of  utmost blessing to you .However sorry to marvel you a  bit and take some of your time in going through this  unpredicted letter of entreaty for your for bearing  and facilitation.
 
I wish to inform you I was the intimate and  entrusted/personal Account to the late Engr   Alexander O. Claire, whose life and that of his  entire family was cut short in a ghastly  motor  accident 2008 on their way back from vacation from a  country side in Liverpool in the  United Kingdom on  the 26th of December 2008 My late client was a  Director for a maintenance  culture of the CHEVRON  out reach in London I have made several probes here  to uncover any of  my clients extended/distant  relatives, which resulted abortive.
 
After these ineffectual exertions, I decided to  search through, with his genealogical names in other  to locate any member of his lineage therefore reason  why I channeled this inquest to you. 
 
I have contacted you to facilitate in the fund  transmittal of total valued at  £25 million (Twenty   five million British Pounds) that was entrusted in a  bank by my late client, before it gets expropriate or  declared nonfunctional by the bankers here in the  United Kingdom where this huge amount were retained. 
 
The bank has authorized me with official observations  to provide the next of kin or have his account  expropriated within the next fifteen official working  days since i am his personal accountant Because I  have been unable to make this relationship linkage  contact, I wish to seek your carte blanche to present  you as the next of kin to the deceased since you have  the ditto pedigree's names, so that this fund can be  paid to you. So, on receipt of your positive  reaction, we will then determine the sharing quota  and modus vivendi of the transfer.
 
My demand from you is your sincere willingness and  motivated spirited efforts to enhance the ascendancy  of this covenant. 
 
I hereby give you warranty that this covenant will be  consummated with all total repute to  all statutory  pecking order that will protect you from any fissure  of all existing charter. 
 
Contact me back for further instructions on how to  proceed to claim these funds, providing me your  private telephone/fax Number, age, occupation and  identifications
 
(Either your International passport Copy or Drivers  license Copy)
 
Kindly reply me via my alternative email address  (winderdavid22@gmail.com)
 
 
Yours truly,
Mr.Wender David
76A Belsize Lane ,
London NW3 5BJ

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