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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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Fraud email example:

From: tonyfredwilliams15@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 16:42:01 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re=3ATony=20Fred?=


Hello
my name is Tony Fred Williams and I am a 15years old boy
from London
My Parents died in a car crash and ever since then I have
been living
with my Uncle and his family.
I am the only child of Mr. &Mrs. Willams who are my
parents.
They died last two years Jan 12th 2002.They were both going
to a for
diner party with our driver then they had the car accident
on there
way coming home.
When I was told of this accident the next day I cried and
cried until
my uncle came in and took me to his family home in London.
his family
were nice at my arrival but sooner they became very cruel
to me and I
am been par treated .He stopped me from going to school
and he doesn?t
allow me receive phone calls again in his home.
The last time I went to see my late fathers friend who is
our family
friend, he asked his elder son to beat me up and he told me
never to
go out with out his permission again.
But on that day when I went to search in a some files that
was boundled up in my belongings and I found some very
vital informations that I really couldn?t understand untill
I had gone through them very well .
Ifound that before the death of my parents, .My late
Father who is from a wealthy Scottish family and he owns
lots of
investments but his biggest investment is his wine farm and
factory
and estate in Scotland. He inherited it from his late
father due to
the fact that he was the only child to his Parents.
In the files I got to know that my father left the sum of
$8.5million
USD in a Security house in Europe which the name I cant
clearly
remember, on my behalf that the money will only be released
to who ever I present to the Security company.In the files
,it was also written that the entire estate and wine farm
land will also be inherited by
who ever that helps me retrieve the money he had deposited
for me in the Security house in Europe..
I wanted to tell my uncle about this secret but since I
am having problems with my uncles family , how they stave
me
and make me do all the home work and beatings as well not
even minding my physical condition .Then I decided not tell
anyone of his family or him either but to look for a God
fearing person that will help me claim my inheritance and
that I will give to you the necessary
documents to help claim the funds and estate as well .
Please I am begging you in the name of the Almighty that
help me stand before the security company and claim the
funds that my Late parents left for me as I am too young to
understand the procedures and I have been cheated all my
life my those that I thought that love me .So please help
me ,I am ready to be your own child and you can help me
invest the money until I come off a better age to handle
money but right now am still too younger that?s why I need
your help.
I don?t have a phone number of my own since my Uncle
stopped me from receiving calls at home but for the
meantime you can write me on my yahoo(tfredwill@yahoo.co.uk)
and also give your telephone number so i call you too.
Please do think of me as your own child and help me
Goodbye
From
Tony Fred Williams



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