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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: vivian williams <vivianwillsviva@yahoo.ca>
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 14:58:41 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Dear,


Dear,

I am Mrs Vivian Williams and 56 years old woman from solomon island united kingdom England, I was married to Mr Georeg Williams who worked with Kuwait embassy in Ivory Coast for Eight years before he died in the year 2004.We were married for Ten years without a child, He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days,and before his death we were both born again Christians.

I have found a new desire to assist helpless families. I have been helping orphans in orphanage/motherless homes, I have also donated some money for humanitarian needs in Sudan, South Africa, Cameroon, Brazil, Spain, Austria, Germany and some Asian countries. Only recently I saw on television the colossal loss of properties and livelihood people in Canberra, Australia through fire.

Since his death I decided not to remarry or get a child outside my matrimonial home again.When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of $20,000,000.00 Million us dollars in a long-term deposited in a one Financial security Trust company there in Ivory Coast, and presently, I'm in a hospital where I have been undergoing treatment for oesophagi cancer. I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only few months to live.

It is my last wish to see this money distributed to victims of the fire outbreak in Australia and other charity organization. Because relatives and friends have plundered so much of my wealth since my illness, I cannot live with the agony entrusting this huge responsibility to any of them.

Blessed is the hand that giveth".I took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are not Christians and I don't want my husband's efforts to be used by unbelievers,and I don't want a situation also where this money will be used in an ungodly way,this is the reason why I am taking this decision.

I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going, I know that I am going to be in the bosom of the Lord and I shall hold my peace". I don't need any telephone communication in this regard because of my health hence the presence of my husband's relatives around me always. I don't want them to know about this development.With God all things are possible.

Please, I beg you in the name of God to help me collect the deposit and distributes it accordingly. Use your judgment to distribute the money and keep 15% of it to yourself. Feel free to reimburse yourself when you have the money for any cost you incur during the process of collecting and distributing the money. If you are willing to help, please reply as soon as possible.

Please, send reply and all correspondences to my attorney :
Barrister.Adams Associates
Email: (adamsassociates@voila.fr)

Regards,
Mrs. Vivian Willams
Email: (vivianwilliams_ci@yahoo.co.uk)





PICTURE OF MYSELF IN THE HOSPITAL





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