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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: Williams Taylor <williams_tyr@web.de>
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:07:38 +0200
Subject: YOU ARE BLESSED!!!!!!!


GOODDAY,

IT IS MY PLEASURE TO WRITE THIS LETTER TO YOU,KNOWING TOO WELL THAT YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE ME THE ATTENTION THAT IS NEEDED .

PLEASE SIR, MY NAME IS MR.WILLIAMS TAYLOR FROM ( BOND UNIVERSITY SOUTH AFRICA ).MY PARENTS DIED IN THE TSUNAMI DISASTER IN INDONESIA ON THE ( 26TH DAY OF DECEMBER 2004,YOU CAN STILL CONFIRM THE EVENT FROM CNN NEWS.COM ).

AS YOU CAN SEE,I AM THE ONLY PERSON THAT IS LEFT IN THIS WHOLE WORLD AND NOW AN ORPHAN WITHOUT ANYONE TO ASSIST ME IN FINISHING MY STUDIES IN THE COLLEGE.

I WANT TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SUM OF (US$ 14. 400,000 000) FOURTEEN MILLION FOUR HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLLARS),WHICH MY LATE FATHER (CAPTAIN. JOSEPH TAYLOR ) KEPT UNDER THE CUSTODY OF A FINANCE COMPANY HERE IN SOUTH AFRICA FOR SAFE KEEPING.

THIS MONEY WAS MEANT FOR THE PURCHASE OF ( TRACTOR ) FOR HIS COMPANY IN LONDON , BEFORE HE MEET HIS UNTIMELY DEATH.

NB: PLEASE, IF THIS STORY IS OF ANY INTEREST TO YOU AND YOU ARE WILLING TO ASSIST ME IN TRANSFERING THIS MONEY OUT OF SOUTH AFRICA TO YOUR OWN PERSONAL ACCOUNT FOR ANY BUSINESS PROJECT OF YOUR OWN CHOICE. YOU CAN SEND ME AN EMAIL: ( williamst0@yahoo.com [mailto:williamst0@yahoo.com] ) BEFORE WE CAN PROCEED.

THANKS FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING.

YOURS TRULY,

WILLIAMS TAYLOR.



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