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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: rose williams <mrsrosewilliams007@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <mrsrosewilliams001@yahoo.ca>
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:26:35 +0200
Subject: From Rose Williams.



From Rose Williams. How are you today? The very moment i saw your profile i was convince within my heart that i can trust you with all my heart but my only fear now is that i hope and pray you beleive what i have to tell you. I am Rose as you rightly know, i am 21, My mother was an african American while my father was from Sierra-Leone in west african, i was living with my mother not too far from Charleston building, 601 57th Street, Charleston West Virginia USA.And i attended Charleston senior High School,1201 Washington Street E, Charleston, WV. I lost my mother sometimes ago and after her death i came to meet my father for the very first time in Cote d'Ivoire, though he was also living in the state efore he relocated back to Cote d' Ivoire to set up a business. Exactely two months and one week after i came to meet my father with the help of US consulates he died , he was very sick when i came to meet him but before his death there were some document he gave to me and he told me that everything he worked for in his life time is in the document when i crosscheck the document i discovered that my late father deposited (sum of $18.5Million) Eighteen Million Five hundred thousand U.S. Dollars with a Trust Company here in cote d'ivoire and it will be calimed by his forien bussiness partner,please i want you to assist me to claim the money by standing as my late father foreign bussiness partner and i will like to come over there in your country and finshed my education.

The reason i am telling you is that i am just a girl and there is little or nothing i could do on my own and again if my late father relative find out that my late father left that kind of money in my care i don't know what they might do to me, so i need! you to help me contact the Trust Company and claim the deposited Item for me as my friend and Guandian,and take me along with you. If you do this for me apart from the love i will also offer you 20% of the total money for helping me. Please i requested for your trust and understanding because it might sound unbeleivable but it is the truth Please get back to me as soon as posible
Yours TrulyMiss Rose Williams
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