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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: =?big5?q?Smith=20Williams?= <williams_smith10192@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 03:25:29 +0800 (HKT)
Subject: I DID NOT FORGET YOUR PAST EFORT THANKS.


§Ú¦³·sªº¹q¶l¦a§}¡I§A²{¥i¹q¶lµ¹§Ú¡Gwilliams_smith10192@yahoo.com.hk



- Dear Friend I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transfered,i didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me as of that time.Now feel free and get in touched with my secretary Mr Collins Doglas in Cotono, Benin Republic on his E-mail address ( collinsdoglas@sify.com ) Tel +229 98 381 076 ask him to send you the total of $1.500,000.00 usd, which i kept for your rewarding for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter.presently i'm very busy here in Paraguay because of the investment projects which i and the new partner are having at hands.Send to Mr Collins Doglas the listed details below to avoid wrong delivery 1.YOUR FULL NAME..2.YOUR HOUSE OR OFFICE ADDRESS...3.YOUR HOME PHONE NUMBER..4.YOUR MOBILE NUMBER..5.YOUR AGE..6.YOUR OCCUPATION..7.A COPY OF YOU PICTURE TO AVOID WRONG DELIVERY.Signed Dr.Smith Williams.


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