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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: "phyilosueze@terra.es" <phyilosueze@terra.es>
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 00:09:26 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: From:Mrs Jane Lucas Williams


From:Mrs Jane Lucas Williams
E-mail:msjanewil@myway.com

Dear Sir/Madam,

I know you will be surprised to receive this mail.I am Jerry Williams. The son of late Lucas Williams who died five years ago as a result of the revolt and campaign of calamity visited on white farmers in Zimbabwe. Though a black man but because of his upright stand that the government forcefully took over of farms from the investors all in the name of land reforms was absurd and inhuman,he was viewed as an enemy and eventually murdered.

Ever since then, my mother and I has been in South Africa on asylum because of the government in Zimbabwe has been hunting us. Before my father's death, he had deposited the sum of Forty Five Million Seven Hundred Thousand American dollars with a security company in London- England with the sole aim of acquiring some dredging equipments in setting up of a dredging firm with his partner.With his death and all his assets seized at home and accounts frozen,the family is now in a very difficult situation.Based on that,we are soliciting your assistance to help us to receive this consignment as our family trustee.

The amount involve is Forty Five Million Seven Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ($45.7Million).This consignment was moved to the United States few months back to be claimed by my father's partner alone and it got to our notice through the director of the security company that the consignment has been moved to the United States by the request of my late father's partner.We cannot trust my father's partner because since the death of my father he never cared for us even my sick mother,He only interested in our money and for you to believe he wanted the money to himself, he did not inform us that he was taking the consignment to the United States.

This is the situation we find ourselves and that is why we have contacted you to help us stand as our family trustee to claim this consignment over there in your country and help us to come over there and start a new life.We came to London after we got the news from the director of the company.

Now, we have stopped the release of the consignment to him. The consignment has been handed over to the British embassy in the United States for safekeeping and we want a trustworthy person to help us claim our consignment.We are ready to compensate you with part of the money for your help as we are in a very tight situation.We will be glad if you respond to this call soonest. Please send your response through this email address:(msjanewil@myway.com)Send us your number and your name and your address so that I can call you.We await your urgent reply.

Regards,
Jerry Smith
For the family
E-mail:msjanewil@myway.com





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