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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: Wilma Doris <doris_wilma@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 05:10:17 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Your Attn;


Sir,
Good day, I am pleased that this mail will get to you in a perfect and wonderful health condition. However permit me a space to air my reason of contacting you, I am Miss Doris Wilma 27years of age, a Sierra Leonia, brought up as a farmer in the farming Community ,and now that my parents has passed away, I am sincerely looking for a very peaceful and reliable country were I will happily secure a very big amount of cash deposit in a land and solver company by my late father for farm investment, at the cost of nothing to you, but I will be very willing to take up the expenses as I have the fund mapped out for this investment from the total share that was assigned to me from my fathers accumulation of wealth, all you need to offer is to promise that you will be acting as a proximity for me in handling out the situations of things as regards this investment, I will happily be investing the total sum of $1.500,000.00 (One million five hundred thousand United States
Dollars).
Should you be willing and interested to help secure in your country this fund and plot of land that will be used for this investment for me, I shall order the remittance of half of this money into your care which is $7.50,000.00,(seven hundred and fifthly thousand United States dollars).I am looking forward to read from you as soon as you are in possession of this proposal.
Lovely yours.
Miss Doris Wilma


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