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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: "willeams gates" <willy_gates0025@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 02:08:03 +0000
Subject: PLEASE READ CAREFULLY...

Williams Gates & Associate,
TEL: +44 7802000536
Fax: +44 8712563360
Compliment of the season! After reading about you on the internet,
I found it interesting and decided to contact you for a business
transaction. Be so kind to contact me at your earliestconvenient
for a possible business deal involving money transfer of about
$38 Million. I am presently in London working as a legal advice
with the HSBC Bank at their offshore department located at the
Isle Of Man. With your sincere assistant and co-operation,
I am determined to work this deal out if we can do business.
As at this moment,I am constrained to issue more details about this
business until your response is received. If you are not familiar
with the above information, please take a moment of your very busy
schedules to read about it on the internet and send your response to
my email address. This deal is worth taking and highly profitable.
Thank you for your time and attention.
Kind Regards,
Williams Gates.

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