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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: "esther wiwa" <harrywilson77@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: dokai@mail.nu
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 12:20:12 +0100
Subject: Good Project.

Hello,
I hope you will not receive this proposal too surprising. I
got your
contact E-mail address in the Internet while searching for
a
trustworthy business partner who I can entrust a reasoning
amount of
money on his or her care for investment.
I am a Liberian and a cabinet member of President Charles
Taylor's
administration. I am presently in the republic of (Sao Tome) under

polical asylum status because of the on going war in
Liberia. For your
information I have secured and sent abroad the sum of
$12,000,000.00
(TWELVE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLAR) through a diplomatic
means. The
fund is presently under the custody in a Finance/storage
company in
oversea. The money was originally meant for the purchase of
arms and
ammunition to fight the rebel groups in Liberia but from
the look of
things it is like we cannot continue with the war because
of the
intervention of President George Bush of America .As a
result of the
present development I now send the money abroad for my
personal
investment without the knowledge of our Government.
My main purpose of writing you is to seek your partnership
if you could
make claim of the money from the storage company as the
beneficiary for
the benefit of both us. I am willing to discuss sharing
ratio in any
reliable business you would embark.
Details of how you are going to claim the money from the
storage
company will be made known to you as soon as you indicate
your interest
in this transaction.
Do send me the following details.
Full Names,contact address
telephone and fax numbers.
Please treat this proposal with utmost confidenciality.
Wait to hear from you.
Best regards,

Mr.Harry Wilson Okai .


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