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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. Bruce Anderson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ctm.williamsjr@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2014 11:04:21 -0700
Subject: How are yo doing?


>From the Office of: Mr. Bruce Anderson.
Coordinator of African Union/United Nations
Scam Victims Payment, Rehabilitation Scheme.
United Nation Office. Ecowas Buiding.
Lagos Nigeria.

Attn: Beneficiary/scam victim


This is to bring to your notice that I am delegated from the United Nations To the Federal Republic of Nigeria to pay some scam victims the sum of $1,500,000.00 (ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLAR) each. You are listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount, please ignore this email if you have not been scammed before but respond immediately if you are a victim of scam related activity.
This payments is been supervised by the United Nations Officials and Top official of the African Union, According to the number of application we have received, Your particulars was mentioned to us by one of the fraud star who was arrested Anti fraud Unit of Inter Pol in Africa, you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to any person for any reason what so ever pending the release of your money so that you will not compromise the investigation and procesution of some fraud stars that are already in the police net and the search for some other fraud stars presently at large.


For the release of your compensation money You are hereby advised to contact the payment officer in Nigeria with the details below:

Name...Mr. Chidinma R. Williams
E-mail: ctm.williams@gmail.com
Phone:- +234 805 869 1692.


Mr. Chidinma R. Williams will direct you on how to receive your money as soon as you establish contact with him through his contact listed above.

Yours faithfully,
Mr. Bruce Anderson.

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