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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: Henry James
Reply-To: <hj71254@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2015 13:19:51 +0100
Subject: Dear Friend: You As Next of Kin

Dear Friend,

I Am Henry James the Manager, Bills and Exchange at the Foreign

Remittance department in a Bank. Actually, I have a very urgent &

confidential Business Proposition for you & for our overall mutual

interest. On the 6th of March 2001, our Customer, an American

National, late Williams J. Stone, an Oil Merchant / Contractor with

the Federal Government of Nigeria, deposited, a valued amount of

US$32Million in my branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine

notification to his forwarded address but got no reply. After a

month we sent a reminder, & finally we discovered from his contract

employers NNPC, that late William J. Stone, until his death Twelve

years ago in a ghastly terrorist attack to American Airlines Flight

11, from Boston, Massachusetts, to Los Angeles, California, crashed

into the North Tower of the World Trade Center (WTC) with 86 people

on board. All occupants of the Airplane unfortunately lost their

lives.

On further Investigation, I found out that he did not leave a WILL

and all attempts to trace his Next of kin were Fruitless. I

therefore made further investigation and discovered that late

Williams J. Stone, did not declare any Next of kin in all his

official documents. This sum US$32Million is still floating in the

bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum

at the end of each year. No one will come forward to claim it.

According to Nigerian Laws, at the expiration of 15years, the money

will revert to the Ownership of the Nigerian Government if nobody

applies to claim the funds. Consequently, my proposal is that i

will like you as a foreigner to stand in as a Next of kin of Late

Williams J. Stone. This is simple. All I require is your honest and

co-operation to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee that

this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will

protect you from any breach of the law. I will want you to send to

me on your return email the following information for the transfer

in your favor.

1. Your full names as the Beneficiary of the Fund.
2. Your contact address.
3. Your private phone and fax numbers.

Let's consider that our ratio of sharing will be as stated Thus;

1. I as the Originator of the Fund will take 50% of the

transferable Fund.
2. You as the Manager of the Fund will take 50% of the transferable

Fund.

Most importantly, CONFIDENTIALITY as what I saw as the life wire to

the success of the transfer of this Fund must have to be emulated

between you and me. You have to use this media to promise me that

you will not in anyway expose the content of this transaction to

anybody be it your Friends, Colleagues and Co-Workers. I will also

want you to send your reply to this email <hj71254@gmail.com> as

soon as you get this mail to enable us discuss on the modalities

and processes for success of this transaction. Thanks for your

anticipated cooperation and understanding.

I wait for your kind response.

Thanks And Remain blessed.

Henry James

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