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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: onom me <o_nome26@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <williams.ken2@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2007 15:55:59 +0000
Subject: REGIONAL MANAGER MR. WILLIAMS





FROM; MR. KEN WILLIAMS ,INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK.ACCRA-GHANA
TEL; +233 24 3549211.GOODDAY,I AM MR. KEN WILLIAMS ; I AM THE REGIONAL MANAGER OF
INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK (ICB), KANESHI-BRANCH ACCRA-GHANA. I WRITE YOU THIS PROPOSAL IN GOOD FAITH. I HAVE PACKAGED A FINANCIAL TRANSACTION THAT WILL BENEFIT YOU AND ME. AS THE MANAGER OF MY BRANCH, I HAVE WORKED OUT SOME FORMS IN MY BANK TO THE TUNE OF $2.4 MILLION USD AND I HAVE PLACED THE MONEY IN WHAT WE CALLED ESCROW CALL ACCOUNT WITHOUT NO BENEFICIARY. MY HEAD OFFICE IS NOT AWARE OF THIS, AND THEY WILL NEVER BE. AS AN OFFICEROF THIS BANK I CANNOT BE DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THIS MONEY, SO MY AIM OF CONTACTING YOU IS ASSIST ME RECEIVE THIS MONEY IN YOUR
OVERSEES BANK ACCOUNT AND GET 50% OF THE TOTAL SUM FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE.THERE ARE PRACTICALLY NO RISK INVOLVE, IT WILL BE BANK TO BANK TRANSFER. ALL I NEED FROM YOU IS TO STAND CLAIM AS THE ORIGINAL DEPOSITOR OF THIS FUND,WHO MADE THE DEPOSIT IN MY BRANCH, SO THAT MY HEAD OFFICE CAN ORDER THE TRANSFER TO YOUR DESIGNATED BANK ACCOUNT.IF YOU ACCEPT TO WORK WITH ME WITH HONESTY, I PROMISE YOU I WILL CONNECT YOU TO SOMETHING BIGGER THAN THIS. MY PRIVATE PHONE NUMBER IS: +233 24 3549211 CALL ME AS YOU RECIEVE THIS MESSAGE . KINDLY SEND ME YOUR PRIVATE CELL NUMBER AND FAX NUMBER AND YOUR FULL NAMES AND ADDRESS , BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO PROGRAM YOU IN THE DEPOSIT SLIP AS THE DEPOSITOR OF THIS FUND.THANKS AND GOD BLESS.BEST REGARD.MR. KEN WILLIAMS.
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