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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: "Mr. William Morris" <info@delivery.org>
Reply-To: williammorris1971@hotmail.co.uk
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 06:23:48 -0600
Subject: Business Proposal


....22../..01../2011
Attention: Sir/Madam

I came across your contact via international personal research profile
in my earnest search for a trustworthy and honest person to handle
this business and I apologize if the content hereunder are contrary to
your moral ethics, but I had to reach you through this medium.

Before proceeding, I wish to introduce myself to you; I am William
Moris a staff of Natwest Bank plc London. I am the head of the
accounts department.I am pleased to get across to you for a very
urgent and profitable business proposal which I believe will profit
the both of us after completion. I contacted you after a careful
thought that you might be capable of handling this business
transaction, which I explained below.

The sum of ( £12,500,000.00 Million Pounds), has been floating as
unclaimed since 2005 in my bank as all efforts to get across to the
his relatives of our client who deposited the money have hit the
stones. There is this immigrant Mr. Butek Bashik from Kyrgyzstan's
originally, but was based in the United Kingdom, who happens to be one
of our very good clients. On the 24th of August 2008, Mr. Butek Bashik
and his family all died in a plane crash in Kyrgyzstan's capital,
Bishkek on an Itek Air Boeing 737.

All attempts to trace his next of kin were fruitless. My position here
at my office requiries me to investigate and I therefore made further
investigations and discovered that Mr.Butek Bashik did not declare any
next of kin or relation in all his official documents, including his
bank deposit paperwork in my bank.According to the British Law. The
money will revert to the ownership of the British government if nobody
applies to claim the fund. To avoid this money being sent to the
British treasury as unclaimed funds, I have decided to seek your
assistance to have you stand as his next of kin so that the said fund
( £12,500,000.00 million pounds), would be released in your nameas the
next of kin and paid into your account.All documents and proof that
will have you claim this fund without stress will be forwarded to you
upon your response to this mail more so, I want to inform you that I
have unanimously agreed to offer you (£4m) of the total sum for the
assistance and role you are going to play in this transaction,(£2m)
will be given to charity organizations in your country with your
supervision while the remaining will be for me and my other loyal
collegues here.

Note: I will appreciate your utmost confidentiality in this matter
until the task is accomplished, as I don't want anything that will
jeopardize this enterprise.

Now my questions are:
1. Can you handle this project?
2. Can I give you this trust?

If yes, consider this and get back to me as soon as Possible. Upon the
receipt of this mail message, feel free to respond with your thought
and ideas.Please send your confidential telephone and fax number in
your reply to this business transaction.

Kind regards,
Mr. William Morris
E-mail: williammorris1971@hotmail.co.uk

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