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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: tony williams <tony_wills150@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <tonywills01@yahoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:42:11 +0000
Subject: Dearest one.



From Tony & Juliet WilliamsPrivate and ConfidentialAbidjan - Côte d'Ivoire

My dear,

It is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I and my Sister Juliet ,intend to establish in your country.Though we have not met with you before but we believe, one has to risk confiding in someone to succeed sometimes in life. There is this amount of FIFTEEN Million US Dollars ($USD15.000.000.00) which our late father and mother deposited with a local bank in Abidjan Capital city of Cote d'Ivoire which he wanted to used for his political ambition in our Country before he was assassinated.
Now I and my sister have decided to invest these money in your country or anywhere safe enough outside Africa for security and political reasons. We want you to help us claim and receive the funds which will be transferred to your account to enable you plan for the investment in your Country we will like to invest part of the money into these three investment in your Country, but if there is any other business that is better than my suggestion, I will be very glad to follow your advice.


1). Real estate2). The transport industry3). Five star hotel

If you can be of an assistance to us we will be pleased to offer to you 20% Of the total fund while the balance will be invested by you. Furthermore, before the death of our father he warned us about the increase rate of Internet Scam which have been our fear not to contact you all this while, so that is why we are fearing for the security of the funds. Also he handed over to us the copies of the bank deposit slip and agreement issued to him by the bank.Finally, You can contact us on the above e-mail address. NOTE: That this transaction is 100% risk free and absolutely confidential and remember that the change of beneficiary must be changed in your name before the transfer will be done.

I await your soonest response through my private email address; tonywills01@yahoo.fr

Respectfully yours,Tony & Juliet Williams
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