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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: "williams dangore" <willdan@kaixo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: williams_dangore@faithmail.com
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 10:54:59 -0700
Subject: williams

Dear sir.

Please, this proposal to you is strictly confidential with due respect. I m very Sorry for the stress you might have in receiving this letter from e, since we have not known ourselves or met previously despite that I get to write you this little message because I am constrained to do so due to the urgent of it.

My name is Williams Dangore and my younger sister is Marcel, I am the first son of my late father Mr. Mathew Sese Dangore a cocoa farmer here in Cote d`Ivoire It happen that my father was one of the business men killed y the Rebel when they overtook our village Bouake on September 2002, during this time the Rebel wanted to takeover the present government, but
hey failed, Since then life is very difficult for us here in Cote `Ivoire.

Now that the war is a little cool I and my mother want to transfer the ums of $18,000,000.00 out of the country due to there is no political stability any more, this was the money I heritage from my late father who as killed by the Rebel, this money was deposited by my father in one of ur local bank here in Abidjan, and we want this money to be transfer to overseas where we can invest it in a good business. The funds are kept in account in a bank to avoid
detection,seizure or diversion.

An agreement was sign between my late father and the bank that the money can only be release to me as the next of kin once his foreign partner is involve and he approve of the transfer of the funds out of the county. But up till now we could not provide the partner because his data was not in the agreement.this what made me to contact you to be my father’s
foreign partner to assist me so hat this money can be transfer to your account.

Already my old mother and I have discussed this matter with the director of costumers service of the bank, who has express his willingness to help us to transfer this money into any account that we are going to provide, provided we will meet the banking transfer requirements.

This is why I am contacting you to be my father’s partner to help me by receiving this funds on our behalf. I and my mother have resolved to give you any agreed percentage of the total money as commission for your assistance. Please, you will need to give me sufficient assurance for the safety of the money when it get into your account, as you know, this is only money remaining for the family, Please, as I am reposing my confidence in you I hope you will not
disappoint me in any way.

I want you to forward your phone / fax number to me this will enable me fax you all the legal documents concerning this funds to you. For you to confirm the authenticity of my claims from the bank. You will as well help us arrange for our resettlement out of this trouble Cote d`Ivoire.

Once again this is to assure you that there is no risk involve, is risk free, all the documents concerning the money are here with my mother, during the transfer of the money I and my mother will be here to make sure everything about the transfer move very smoothly
without problem.

Please get back to me as soon as possible for more information. This is my second email address you can reach me on it williams_dangore@faithmail.com

Please send all your reply to this email address williams_dangore@faithmail.com

Thanks.

God bless you.

Williams Dangore


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