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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: "Miss Lisa William" <juliet@intimateapparelsbd.com>
Reply-To: miss.lisawllms@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 07:00:43 -0300
Subject: RE: INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP AND EQUITY FINANCING

Sir/Madam,


I am Lisa Williams. I write you this email on behalf of my employer who is interested in
working with you after getting your contact information from an Internet directory My
employer is a businessman based in Scotland and a licensed financial advisor. We
represent a client who wishes to convert her assets into investments and after looking
at the growth prospects we have decided to invest in your country.


We shall be considering several sectors with our main focus on Property Development,
Loan and Equity Financing. We do need to register a new company and have a citizen as
one of its directors and this is why my employer has asked me to contact you as we would
like to work with you in accomplishing our investment aims in your country.


As I cannot ascertain if your email is still functional and if you will have interest in
this process, I have kept the details short and simple.


Kindly contact me if you would like to work with us so that we can discuss further. You
may reach me or my employer on the telephone number provided below, however as the
details to be sent would be fairly large, it would be best to communicate by email.


Please send your response to my private email: miss.lisawllms@gmail.com


I anticipate your response.


Yours Sincerely.

Miss. Lisa Williams
Tel: +44 704 574 6995
Email: miss.lisawllms@gmail.com

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