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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: "JOSHUA .L. WILLIAMS"<atul@dentium.com>
Reply-To: schmidteric@yeah.net
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2021 10:09:29 -0700
Subject: ATTENTION



LAW OFFICE OF JOSHUA .L. WILLIAMS
2836 Lyndale Ave S, Minneapolis,
MN 55408, United States




Dear Sir/ Madam



It is obvious that this proposal will come to you as a huge surprise,This is because we have not met before but I am inspired to sending you this email following the huge fund transfer involved and will be of mutual benefit to the both of us.


However, my name is Joshua Lafont Williams ,attorney to the late Bruce Letendre, a canadian national, who has worked and live in the states for 35 years, On the 11th of November,2008. My client,his wife And their three children were involved in a ghastly motor crash, unfortunately they all lost their lives in the event of the accident, Since then I have made several inquiries to several embassies to locate any of my clients extended relatives, this has proved unsuccesful.


After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over the Internet to locate any member of his family but has proved futile, hence I contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind by my client,I can easily convince the bank with my legal practice that you are the only surviving relative of my client. Otherwise the Estate he left behind will be confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged,Particularly, the Bank where the deceased had an account valued at about $15 million U.S dollars(Fifteen million U.S.America dollars).


Consequently,The bank issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next ten official working days. Since I have been unsuccessful in trying to locate any member of his extended family, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased,so that the proceeds of this account valued at $15million U.S dollars can be paid to your account and then you and me can share the money. 55% to me and 40% to you,while 5% should be for expenses or tax as your government may require.



All I require from you is your maximum co-operation to enable us get this done smoothly,also forward the following to me



Your Full Name:
Your Residential Home Address:
Your Telephone No:
Your Gender :
Your Age:
Your Marital Status:
Your Nationality:
Your Occupation:


I guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law, please contact me via my personal email address (josh.will@representative.com)


Yours Faithfully,
Barr Joshua.L.Williams


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