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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: frank william <frank-william69@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <frankw.illiam@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 19:16:17 +0200
Subject: Could You Help Me Out Here?



Hello Dear We shall really like to have a good relationship with you, and we have a special reason why we decided to contact you. We decided to contact you because of the urgency of our situation here and after reading your profile, We are Frank William 23 and my younger sister Peace William19 years old, from Liberia. The only children of Late William Tumba the deputy minister of national security under the leadership of president Charles Taylor who is now in exile after many innocent soul were killed , Our father was killed by government of Charles Taylor, he accuse our father of coup attempt. We are constrained to contact you because of the maltreatment we are receiving from our step mother. She planned to take away all our late father's treasury and properties from us since the unexpected death of our beloved Father. Meanwhile we wanted to escape to the Europe but she hide away our international passports and other valuable travelling documents. Luckily she did not discover where we kept our father’s File which contains important documents. So we decided to run to the refegee camp where we are presently seeking asylum under the United Nations High Commission for the Refegee here in Cocody Abidjan, Republic of Cote D'Ivoire. We wish to contact you personally for a long term business relationship and investment assistance in your Country. Our father of blessed memory deposited the sum of US$ 7, 200, 000.00 in security company here in Cote D'Ivoire. However, We shall forward you with the necessay documents on confirmation of your acceptance to assist us for the transfer and investment of the fund.As you will help us in an invsetment, and we shall like to complete our studies in the university before we droped out when the crisis started.It is my intention to compensate you with 15% of the total money for your services and the balance shall be my investment capital. This is the reason why we decided to contact you. Please all communications should be through our private email address only for confidential purposes As soon as we receive your positive response showing your interest we will put things into action immediately. In the light of the above, I shall appreciate an urgent message indicating your ability and willingness to handle this transaction sincerely. Please do keep this only to your self please i begg you not to disclose it till i come over once the fund has been transfered. Thanks and best regards to you and your loving family.
Please this is my number +225 05 35 34 80
Yours Sincerely, Frank William
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