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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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Reply-To: <williamfa5@yahoo.com>
From: "Mr. William A. Fredericks"<williamfa5@yahoo.com>
Subject: Urgent
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:34:14 +0200
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From: William A.Fredericks
Tel/Fax: +27-865582446.
williamfa5@yahoo.com
Dear Managing Director, C.E.O,
In order to execute and transfer out (US$ 182 Million) One Hundred and Eighty two million United States dollars from African Development Bank. I have picked-up trust and courage to look for a reliable and honest person like you who will be capable for this important business transaction believing that you will never let me down either now or in the future since you have a reliable company. My name is Mr. William A. Fredericks, the chief Auditing officer of African Development Bank (ADB) Gauteng branch. There is an account opened in this bank in 1999 and since 30th June 2009, nobody has operated this account. After going through some old files in the records, I discovered that if I do not remit this money out urgently, it would be forfeited for nothing.

The owner of this account, ROBERT B. ADAMS, of (American) a foreigner, he was a miner at Kruger Gold Company (KGC), a geologist by profession also a member of Procter & Gamble Co.’s in Latin America and Asia, and he died in the air crash on the 30th June 2009; Yemenia Airlines; A310-300; Flight 626; near Moroni, Co moros Islands: The aircraft was on a flight from SanaÕa, Yemen to Moroni, Comoros Islands with 142 passengers and 11 crew on board. The aircraft crashed in the sea near the town of Mitsamiouli, which is on the main island of Grande Comore, in the early morning hours of June 30th. One passenger, a twelve-year-old girl named Bahia Bakari, was rescued about 10 hours after the crash, and is the sole survivor of this plane crash. The late ROBERT B. ADAMS was also killed along with his family in the air crash. No other person knows about this amount or anything concerning it due to the fact that the death certificate was not provided by any of his family members, therefore the account has no other bene

I am contacting you based on the fact that you are a foreigner because this fund can only be approved for payment to a foreigner into South Africa, more so it cannot be approved by local bank here, as this fund is in US Dollars, and hence the former owner of this account is a foreigner too. I know that this proposal will come to you as a surprise as we don't know ourselves before, however, I based my move on trust and God's directive and we still have to meet possibly, sign some agreement before the final transfer of the fund into any of your chosen designated bank account. Please, treat with utmost confidentiality. Do contact me as quickly as possible after office hours between 16:00pm till late hours through the above Tel/Fax: +27-865582446, and please send every of your reply through this Tel/Fax: +27-865582446 please send your personal contact details such as:
(1) Personal phone number
(2) Personal fax number.
Expecting your urgent response. Again please do send every of your reply through this Tel/Fax: +27-865582446. We’ll talk about percentage when I receive your reply.
Best regards,
Mr. William A. Fredericks
Email: williamfa5@yahoo.com

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