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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: "Tony Fred" <tonyfred001@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 19:14:07 +0000
Subject: Hello

Good day?
I am Tony Fred Williams i am 14 years old i live in London (UK) before my
father die, now i live with my mother in Scotland. my father is from London
(UK) and my mother is from Scotland. my late father Mr. Fred Williams was an
engineer in London (UK) before he die in a car accident last year march 9th
2004. he left $50M (Fifty Million Dollars) in his account before he die. The
$50M is in (First union national bank-na London Uk) i have been trying to
collect the money from (first union national bank-na london Uk) but the Md
Ceo told me to go and look for some body that is old enough to help me
collect the money.
I could have told my mother to assist me to collect the $50M for me but my
mother and father has devourse before my father die and my father told me to
not have anything to do with my mother i dont even want her to know because
what my father told me before he die was not a lie, now that i stay with my
mother in Scottland she don’t even have time for me all she do is to take
hard drugs and to bring men to the house to sleep with and she also hite me
all the time. i don’t want to have anything to do with her.
I just want some body that is old enough and honest to help me collect the
$50m from the bank as i am to young to take care of $50M. Please i need your
help if you can assist me to collect the $50M from the bank i will give you
30% and take 70%. I have the affidavite of claims that makes me the indeed
bonified next of kin to my late father Mr. Fred Williams which i have show
it to the bank . he told me to look for some body that is old enough so that
he can send the $50m to the person in 24 hours.
If you can help me i will give you the user name and pass word of my father
account and the web site of the bank so you can access the $50million on net
before you will contact the MD CEO of First Union national bank.
if you can help me i will contact the MD ceo and tell him that i have find
some one who want to help me collect the $50M. and i will give you is
contact so that you can contact him to enable him send the $50M to your
provided account in 24 hours after you have acceess the $50m on the First
union national bank web site.
Please help me. I will be waiting for your urgent reply so that i can give
you the contact of the bank and send you the last statement of account of my
late father and i will also send you my picture and my birth certificate.
Please on your next email to me so reply me on my private email:
(tony_fred_william02@yahoo.co.uk)
Best Regards
Tony Fred Williams.


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