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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: mary williams <habiba_iissa@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: mary_williamsa@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 05:47:18 +0900 (JST)
Subject: CRYING FOR HELP

Dearest One

I am glad to write you today, i hope i will reach you in good health,i have a proposal inviting you for this,but first let me introduce my self, to be direct and precised, I want you to take me like your daughter and i want you to be the one that will handle and take care of my family
inheritance,


i am still a small girl to take full possession of it,am an opharn, my mom died when i was just 6 years old and my dad died two months ago, he left this WILL written to his lawyer for me to claim these inheritance, he deposited a consignment with a security company as (family valuables-filming
marterials), the lawyer told me that the true content of that consignment deposit is $6.5M (Six point five million united states dollars)

i want to believe that you will be the chosen one from God after much prayer, wanting for God to direct and show me to some one that will come out in good faith to help me.

Presently, i am in abidjan and am liberian citizen by birth my father is a very rich caocao marchant, travel's to france were he exports caocao products to europe, he was murthered cold blooded in france last two months. i want you to help me immediately you conclude about it and keep it in your
possession, i will travel to meet with you in your country , i am a young girl of 22 years old by age.

Now permit me to ask you these few question:

1. Can you honestly help me?
2. Can I completely trust you? .
3.What percentage of the total amount in question will


be good for you when the consignment must have arrived to your possession, while i finalers my education being the only child left in life from my parents?

Please,Consider this and get back to me as soon as possible.
I will be looking forward to hear from you soon.

Thanks and remain blessed.

Yours in mind

MARY WILLIAMS





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