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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: ezewillims2@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:18:56 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?CONTACT=20MY=20SECRETARY=20NOW?=










Attn:
COMPLIMENT,I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds
transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Dominican Republic.Presently
I'm in Dominican Republic for investment projects with my own share of the
total sum.meanwhile,I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist
me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how.Now contact
my secretary in Benin rep Africa,her name is.
Mrs. Elizabeth Shargan.
E-mail (office_elizabethshargan@yahoo.fr)
Ask him to send you the total cash chaque of ($800,000.00 Dollars) which
I kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist
me in this matter. I appreciated your collective efforts at that time so
feel free and get in touch with my secretary Mrs. Elizabeth Shargan and
instruct him where to send the amount to you.Do it fast before the CASH
CHAQUE EXPIRED.
Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the
joy after all the sufferness at that time. In the moment, I am very busy
here in Dominican Republic because of the investment projects which myself
and the new partner are having at hand without confrontations, finally,
Remember that I had forwarded instruction to the secretary on your behalf
to receive that CASH CHAQUE, so feel free to get in touch with Mrs. Elizabeth
Shargan
my secretary he will send the CHAQUE to you without any delay.

best regards,
BARRISTER EZE WILLIAM






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