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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: "david dewy" <daviddewy4@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: david_dewy4@walla.com
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 14:00:30 +0000
Subject: We are victims!!!

Dear friend,

May the Almighty God Give You The Wisdom To Understand my predicament.
I Am David Dewy,The eldest Surviving Son Of Late Waziri Dewy[May
his gentle Soul rest In peace]Hereby solicit For your help to our family.

My father[Waziri Dewy]Was A Presidential Aid And Chairman of the
Nigerian Railway Corporation Before he was killed in the air crash Bellview
Airlines flight Which took off from The Murtala Mohammed International
Airport, Ikeja for Abuja On The 22nd
Of October 2005 With 108 Passengers And Six Crew Members On Board.
Before my father died,He Confessed to me of about $5.5m[Five Million ,Five
Hundrend Thousand US Dollars]kept in a Financial Security Company and He
Directed me to transfer this money to a foreign account before the
Government Knows Of it Because they are against his Political reforms In the
Country.I have a Proposal For you Which I hope by the special Grace Of God
Will be Beneficial to you and I.This Is not an Illusion but achievable If
giving your maximum support and Co-operation.I have to assure you that this
Is risk free.My mother and I are left with no other option than to invest
this money outside the country where It will be safe since our father is now
dead and the cause of the crash, Government has sworn never to make public.

I Hereby propose this to you If i can count on you.

1]That you take 25% of the money

2]I take 75%

Finally,what I need from you Is your Telephone number and address for onward
transfer Of this fund.I Seriously Count On your Support And coperation.

Thank you and God Bless You.

Best Regards,

David Dewy.


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