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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: Father Timothy <ftimothyp@yahoo.com.mx>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 06:06:20 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: PLEASE HELP THIS CHILDREN IN THE NEME OF GOD.


FROM FATHER .THIMOTY
ST PETERS CATHOLIC CHURCH
TRECHVILLE AV12 RUE 19
ABIDJAN-COTE D’IVOIRE
E-mail; ftimothyw@yahoo.fr

My Dear.
I know this letter will come to you as a surprise, when God remembers
his people, this is how miracle will come to them
Let me introduce myself to you. I am REV.Timothy in St. Peters
cahtolic church in Abiodjan Cote d’ivoire
I heard the death of Dr. And Mrs. Johnson williams from the republic of
South Africa. Before his death, Dr. Johnson was an Ambassedor of South
Africa in Cote d’ ivoire. They are my church members, they went home
for the christmas holidays on the 5th Dec
ember 2002 and on the 12th December, they had a ghastly motor accident
in which the wife died instantly and Dr. Johnson Williams died five
days later in the hospital.
After their burial, His three (3) children came to me in Abidjan here,
His eldest daughter Grace Williams, disclosed to me what her late
father told her before his death, that her father deposited two metallic
Trunck Boxes containing $12.5million in a
private security and safe deposit company here in Abidjan Cote
d’ivoire. According to her, she said that her late father registered these
Boxes as family valuable properties not as money for security reasons ,
that the security company does not know the
real contains of the Boxes. She showed me the relavant documents issued
to her late father by the security company in the time of depostion of
the Boxes . She told me that her late father planned to invest this
money into Hotel business here in Abidjan b
efore his death.
She said that her father told her to look for a forieg partner who can
help them to invest this money and take care of her and her younger
ones. She came to me to help her locate for a foriegner who can help them
with good faith, I told her that no on
e can assist them without any comission, then we dioscussed to give you
15% of the total amount of the money for you to assist them in this
following ways:
My dear, these is the ways I want you to help them.
(1) To help them get resident permit to stay in your country.
(2) To make sure that they continue their education in your country.
(3) To help them retrive these Boxes from the security company here in
Abidjan to your country.
(4) To help them invest this money in your or any other country of
their choice .
Their ages are as follows;
Miss Grace Williams 21years
Mr Eric Williams 19 years
Miss Linda Williams 16 years
Also I will be allowed to visit them in your country any time I want.
As soon as I receive your interested message, I will give you the
contact of the security company and than we discuss on how to ship these
Boxes to your country. Immediately you receive this mail try to get back
to me for more details.
Best Regards,
Father tmothy.
Co ordinator.






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