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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: "MR. WILLIAMS LAURENCE" <wl30954@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2012 05:25:11 +0700
Subject: URGENT PAYMENT NOTIFICATION(REPLY ASAP)

DEAR SIR/MADAM,

I AM MR. WILLIAMS LAURENCE,,THE CEO OF WILLACORPS GROUP INC., I WANT TO KINDLY NOTIFY YOU THAT A PAYMENT HAS BEEN SCHEDULED TO YOU BY ONE OF OUR CLIENT AND YOU SHOULD BE CONFIRMING THE SAID AMOUNT IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT SHORTLY, MEANWHILE YOU ARE ADVISED TO RE-CONFIRM AND VERIFY YOUR DETAILS PROPERLY BY THE BANK FOR IMMEDIATE AUTHORIZATION AND RELEASE OF THE FUNDS TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY.

CONFIRM THE BELOW DETAILS IMMEDIATELY:

FULL LEGAL NAMES :....................
ADDRESS :.............................
TELEPHONE/FAX NO.:....................
BANK NAME :...........................


SECURITY ADVICE:- YOU ARE NOT TO INVEST ANY OF YOUR MONEY OR PAY FOR ANY CHARGES THAT MAY INCUR FOR THE PROCESSING OF THESE FUNDS INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT.

I WILL BE EXPECTING TO READ FROM YOU AS SOON AS YOU GET THIS EMAIL FROM ME FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS.

KINDEST REGARDS,
MR. WILLIAMS LAURENCE,
C.E.O,WILLACORPS GROUP INC.


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