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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: "Mr. John Williams" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrjohnwilliams03@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 08:34:46 -0700
Subject: DEAR FRIEND

DEAR FRIEND,

My Name is Mr. John Williams, I am a Banker by profession.
However, my reason for contacting you is to transfer£28.730 (Twenty Eight
Million Seven Hundred and Thrty Thousand GB Pounds Sterling) to your foreign account.

I am Late Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi's account manager in London
as he has several account within and outside the United Kingdom.
You may visit these sites for your perusal.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/21/us-libya-gaddafi-assets-idUSTRE79K4K220111021

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1361919/Muammar-Gaddafi-familys-astonishing-wealth-revealed.html

I have entire secret document to transfer this money into your account
before it get confiscated by government.
If you are interested kindly get back to me with your full information’s below
for more details.

YOUR NAME :
YOUR RESIDENCE ADDRESS :
GENDER :
OCCUPATION AND PHONE NUMBER :
I will be waiting for your kind response.

Best regards,
Mr.John Williams.
PVT. Email:(mrjohnwilliams02@yahoo.com.hk)

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