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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: "engr_williams@terra.es" <engr_williams@terra.es>
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 19:40:32 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: My Dear Friend.






My Dear Friend.

My name is Godwin Williams. I am an artist and the onwer of CBN Arts-World in the United Kingdom. I sell my art works to my customers in U.S.A and Canada which i find it very difficult in recieving my payments from them in the past. I have had a lot of experiences in the past to cash the checks here in U.K for those customers who offer to pay in checks and money orders. I want you to be my representative in the United States to be receiving this funds from them. I will offer you 10% of any of my payment that passed through your account. You will never invest any money at the course of this transaction. This transaction is 100% legal and does not relate to money laundering and is free from Drug money. The amount of money depends on the volume of facilities sold which ranges from $5,000 and above depending on the nature of the
transaction. I will detail you as soon as i hear from you.
Best regards,

Godwin Williams.

CBN Arts-World.
No 7 Tybalt Lane London,
W1K 9TN United Kingdom.
Tel: 44702-401-7677
E-mail:godwin_2006@myway.com















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