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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: jessca williams <jessatina@yahoo.ca>
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 16:28:34 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Dear Respectful One,


Dear Respectful One,

GREETINGS TO YOU.

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into
business relationship with you. I got your contact
from the International web site directory.

I prayed over it and selected your name among other
names due to it's esteeming nature and the
recommendations given to me as a reputable and trust
worthy person I can do business with and by
their recommendations I must not hesitate to confide
in you for this simple and sincere business.

I am Miss jessca tina Williams; the only Daughter of
late Mr and Mrs Kabenka Abdul Williams. My father was a
very wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan,the economic
capital of Ivory Coast before he was poisoned to death
by his business associates on one of their outing to
discuss on a business deal.

When my mother died on the 1st October 1995, my
father took me and my younger brother special because
we are motherless. Before the death of my father on
30th June 2002 in a private hospital here in Abidjan.
He secretly called me on his bedside and told me that
he has a sum of $5.000.000 (Five Million dollars)
left in one of the security company here in Abidjan,
that he used my name as his first Daughter for the next
of kin in deposit of the fund.

He also explained to me that it was because of this
wealth and some huge amount of money his business
associates supposed to balance him from the deal they
had, that he was poisoned by his business associates,
that I should seek for a God fearing foreign partner
in a country of my choice where I will transfer this
money and use it for investment purpose, (such as
real estate management).

We are honourably seeking your assistance in the
following ways.

1) To serve as the guardian of this since I am a girl
of 27 years.
2) Send me your tellephone/Fax number for an easy
communication.
Moreover, we are willing to offer you 15% of the total
sum as compensation for effort input after the
successful transfer of this fund to your designate
account overseas and also 10%for the expenses that may
arise between both of us then the rest will be for me and
my brother.


Anticipating to hear from you soon.

Thanks and God Bless.
contact me through my yahoo box tinajess20@yahoo.ca
Best regards.

Miss jessca tina Williams.








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