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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: edward koffi williams <ekw5@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <m_edwardwilliams@yahoo.it>
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:46:50 +0200
Subject: Dear Respectful (this is from Edward koffi Williams)



From Edward koffi Williams,
tel: 22507529038
Dearest : OneGreetings in the name of our God. I am Edward koffi Williams from Sierra Leone. I am contacting you from Rep of Cote d’Ivoire where we have been taking refuge with my younger sister Ester koffi Williams, after the brutal war which led the Murder of our parents by the rebels during the renewed Fighting in our country Sierra Leone. Due to the war our late Father koffi Williams sold his shipping company and deposited fund ($ 8.5 M ) in over sea and took us to a nearby country Cote d'Ivoire and he made all the vital documents with my name as his only son and the next of kin before his death and conditioned the money no withdrawal, no deductible and only to be transfer to a foreign partner's account in a country of our choice. Please, we find your name and contact in our father's secret file and we prayed before contacting you and with the trust in God that you will be of good help to me and my younger sister Ester koffi williams. who is seriously sick now. We are seeking for your assistance to help us transfer this Money into your nominated account. Please remember that we cannot make use of this money here due to the condition my father placed on it.
Please have mercy upon the poor Orphans like us and help us out of this situation. As soon as this money is Re-transferred into your nominated account oversea, we are willing to offer you 20% of the total sum for your assistance and 5% of any investment you will do for us. kindly reply to me.

I look forward to hearing from you immediately as our Almighty God will bless you.
Yours faithfully,Edward koffi Williams.
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