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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: Doctor Williams Bush Mickey <doctor_williams_bush@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 21:04:52 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Business Partinership



My Dear friend,

Good day to you. I know very well that this letter is coming to you full of surprise as we don’t have any previous acquaintance. First of all, let me introduce myself to you. I am Governor Doctor Williams Bush, the present Governor to the Resreve Bank of South Africa (R.B.S.A). I got your email address on the internet in a desperate search for a business partner that I decided to contact you and I want to assure you that I have not sent this message to any other person. Please note that this letter does not mean to cause any embarrassment in whatever form to your esteemed self.

My objective is to have you as my business partner overseas, and I want to do business with your esteemed self/company. I will use my good office to get a huge sum to be invested with you pending my time of vacation from the position in the R.B.S.A, then I will come over for reimbursement.

As long as I remain in the position, your interest will always be protected, in the same way I want you to protect my interest by keeping this letter secret. Note again, I said I want you to be my friend and business partner, I will use your name and account to remit huge amounts of money abroad. We are not allowed to have foreign accounts as civil servants, thus the reason I want to use yours.

I will also like to have your full contacts, your sincerity is the prime factor to the success of this relationship. Please introduce yourself in full.

Thanking you for your kind attention and looking forward to your urgent reply.

Yours, his excellency,

Doctor Williams Bush (Governor)

Reserve Bank of South Africa (R.B.S.A)













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