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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: <williamsdukemr@sify.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 02:24:49 -0700
Subject: BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP

Dear Friend,

I am Mr.Williams Duke, from South Africa . Last week,I searched my late
Directors portfolio, Mr. James C.and came across a document containing
$14 Million,United state Dollars cash Deposit in African Development
Bank I contacted the Bank to ascertain the truth, but it was confirmed
that my late director Deposited the Amount of $14.Million on his foreign
company's name.

Since then I have made several enquiries to their embassy to locate any
of my late boss extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his
relatives over the Internet, to locate any member of his family but to no
avail hence my mail to you is to assist in repatriating the money that
belong to my late boss before it is confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposit was lodged.

Particularly, African Development Bank where the decease had an account
valued at about Fourteen million United States Dollars only has issued
me a notice to provide the next-of-kin or have the account confiscated
within the next thirty official working days.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over two
years now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the
deceased, so that the proceeds of this account can be paid into your
bank account. For your assistance, you shall be compensated with 30% of
the fund while 5% should be for expenses or tax as your government may
require.

I will appreciate that you forward your direct telephone number for
brief discussion so that we can proceed immediately with the processing of
the Swift Wire transfer of the funds in to your designated Bank account
through my perfected plans.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us have this
transaction accomplished. It is worthy to note that due to the nature of this
transaction absolute confidentiality is required during the course of
this transaction.

All is required of you is absolute sincerity, if you are interested and
sure that you cannot betray me in this regard contact me via
williamsdukemr@sify.com with the following informations:

1 YOUR DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER
2 YOUR HOME OR OFFICE ADDRESS
3 AGE AND ACCUPATION

Best regards,
Mr.Williams Duke





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