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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: dwilliams3@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 18:53:23 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?From=20David=20Williams?=

From David Williams
PHONE: +22507281878.
PHONE: +22507281878.
ATTN: My Dearest One,
Permit me to inform you my heart desire for a business relationship with
you.
I got your contact when I was searching for a foreign partner here in Abidjan
republic of Cote
D'Ivoire on my search for honest and reliable person. I prayed over it and
decided to confide
in you because your integrity and educational background. I am Mr david
williams,( 20 years old ),
the only son of late Dr and mrs.Donimic williams. My father was a very wealthy
Gold/Diamond dealerin Freetown, the economic capital of Sierra Leone. My
father was poisoned to death by his close business associates on one of
their outings on a business trip. My mother died when I was 15 years old
and since then my father took me so special.

Before the death of my father last year on August 19th 2004, in a private
hospital in Freetown, he secretly called me by his bed side and told me
of a deposit of 9,000,000,00 united state dollars (NINE MILLION DOLLARS)
he concealed in a metallic box and deposited with a security company in
SPAIN, not deposited as money but as a family valuables on the 2nd of JANUARY
2003;that he used my name been the son as the next of kin when he deposited
the money.

He warned me that because of envy that he was poisoned by his close associates.
He also advised me to seek for an honest foreigner in a country of my choice
those associates will not hurt me as they have succeeded in poisoning him.For
your information , it has been difficult to know who is an honest person
to assist me in this transaction , and for me to continue silent over looking
for assistance while the DUMORAGE is increasing, i decided to make a try
from you,

I arrived here (ABIDJAN) in a nearby country on the 22RD of FEBRUARY 2005
since my uncle wants to kill me because of this certificate of depositsas
he have suceeded in collecting all my father's property left with this money;
They continuously mal-treated me, and have made life very unbearable for
me. The wife serve me a delicious poisoned rice meal yesterday,
but for the Devine mercy the daughter secretly whispered to me not to eat
the meal; i wasted the meal to the bin only to find ten dead rat on the
bin the following morning and that made me to run away immediately. And
i don't want to stay long here since i know nobody or much money to pay
for hotel bill.

Dear, I honourably seek your assistance in the following ways: 1.To stand
as my late father's foreign partner since my late father deposited it to
be cleared by his foreign partner and no name was mentioned. 2.To provide
an account where we can transfer this money. 3-To help me arrange for better
establishment. 4-To help me come over to your country to further my education.
Please my intention is not to disturb your Peace,but because l am sincerely
in need,
And desperately need a solution before my life is wasted because there is
war in this country.
Among all, the most important thing is for you to be aiding me as parent
who will directing all my affair es and doings in your country. Lastly ,you
will promise me that you will not
betray or deny me if this my money gets into your hands , bank and country
.Dear, I am ready to offer you 15% of the total money for your help.
But if may be you are not in
better position to help. Please let me know. So that I can look for another
helper. I am with
the certificate of deposit upon demand. I will show you.

Looking forward to your kind reply soonest and may God bless you.
Sincerely pls reply with this yahoo mail box (d_williams010@yahoo.com)
Yours.
DAVIDE WILLIAMS



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