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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: "Kofi Williams" <wisdom@progress1.wawhost.com>
Reply-To: w_kofi@rocketmail.com
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2013 13:45:28 +0200
Subject: TRANSFER NOTICE.




Dear Sir/Madam,

My name is Mr kofi Williams I work in the credit and accounts department
of HSBC BANK here in Shanghai China. I write

you in respect of a foreign customer who has a Domiciliary account with
us. His name is Engineer Al 'Abbas Wahhab.

He was among those who died in the USA led war in Iraq 5 years ago. Since
the demise of this our customer, Engineer

Al 'Abbas Wahhab, who was an oil merchant/contractor, I have kept a close
watch of the deposit records and accounts

and since then nobody has come to claim the money in this a/c as next of
kin to the late Engineer Al 'Abbas Wahhab.

He had only $28.5mllion in his a/c and the a/c is coded. It is only an
insider that could produce the code or

password of the deposit. As it stands now, there is nobody in that
position to produce the needed information order

than my very self considering my position in the bank and as his account
officer.


I will not like the ChinesG government to confiscate this fund as
unclaimed fund and channel it to the military AS

THE constitution states. if you can help, i will transfer the fund into
your account to avoid Chinese government not

to confiscate the fund as unclaimed fund and channeled it to the military.
And if any body will get the fund, let it

be you and me.


Based on the reason that nobody has come forward to claim the deposit as
next of kin, I hereby ask for your co

operation in using your name as the next of kin to the deceased to send
these funds out to your account. Bearing in

mind that next year, the fund will be confiscated. At this point I am the
only one with the information because I

have removed the deposit file from the safe.


By so doing, what is required is to send an application laying claims of
the deposit on your name as next of kin to

the late Engineer Al Abbas Wahhab. I will need your full name and address,
telephone/fax number, company or

residential, also your bank name and account, where the money will be
transfer into.

When you contact me, then we shall discuss on how the money will be split
between us and others we shall also speak

in details.

Kindly send your reply to my private email address stated:


I am Trusting to hear from you to enable me make a decision.

Yours sincerely,

MR KOFFI WILLIAMS.
E-MAIL: w_kofi@rocketmail.com

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