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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: "williams dangore" <wdan_2005@msn.com>
Reply-To: williams_dangore@faithmail.com
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 19:23:52 +0000
Subject: williams

Dear sir.

Please, this proposal to you is strictly confidential with due respect. I m
very Sorry for the stress you
might have in receiving this letter from me, since we have not known
ourselves or met previously despite that I get to write you this little
message because I am constrained to do so due to the urgent of it.

My name is Williams Dangore and my younger sister is Marcel, I am the first
son of my late father Mr.
Mathew Sese Dangore a cocoa farmer here in Cote d`Ivoire, It happen that my
father was one of the business men killed by the Rebel when they overtook
our village Bouake on September 2002, during this time the Rebel wanted to
takeover the present government, but they failed, Since then life is very
difficult for us here in Cote d`Ivoire.

Now that the war is a little cool I and my mother want to transfer our money
the sum of $25,000,000.00 out of the country due to there is no political
stability any more, this was the money I heritage from my late father who
was killed by the Rebel, this money was deposited by my father in one of our
local bank here in Abidjan, and we want this money to be transfer to
overseasess where we can invest it in a good business.

An agreement was reach between my late father and the bank that the money
can only be release to me as his son and the next of kin, if his foreign
partner is involve and he approve of the transfer of the funds out of the
county. But up till now we could not provide the partner because his data
was not in the agreement, and was not disclose to anybody. this was the
reason that made me to contact you to be my father’s foreign partner to
assist me so that this money can be transfer to your account.

Already my old mother and I have discussed this matter with the director of
costumers service of the bank, who has express his willingness to help us to
transfer this money into any account that we are going to provide, provided
we will meet the banking transfer requirements.

I and my mother have resolved to give you any agreed percentage of the total
money as commission for your assistance. Please, you will need to give me
sufficient assurance for the safety of this money when it get into your
account, as you know, this is only money remaining
for our family, Please, as I am reposing my confidence in you I hope you
will not disappoint me in any way.

I want you to forward your phone / fax number to me this will enable me fax
you all the legal documents concerning this funds to you. For you to confirm
the authenticity of my claims from the bank.

You will as well help us arrange for our resettlement out of this trouble
country Cote d`Ivoire.

Once again this is to assure you that there is no risk involve, is risk
free, all the documents concerning
the money are here with my mother, during the transfer of the money I and my
mother will make sure everything about the transfer move very smoothly
without problem.

Please get back to me as soon as possible for more information.

Please send all your reply to this email address
williams_dangore@faithmail.com

Thanks.

God bless you.

Williams Dangore


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