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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: bridggie williams <bridggie75a@live.co.uk>
Reply-To: <bridggie2001@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 10:44:11 -0200
Subject: From Mrs Bridggie Williams



>From Mrs Bridggie WilliamsFor sure this mail would definitely come to you as a surprise, try spare little time to go through it. Don’t ignore or dispose it as I mean well.l am Mrs Breggie Williams a nationality of Philippine. I am married to Mr. Chima Williams who worked with Filipino embassy in Ivory Coast for nine years before he died in the year 2001. We were married for eleven years without a child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. When my late husband was alive we deposited the sum ofUSD$6.5Million (Six Million Five hundred thousand U.S. Dollars) in a security company. This money is still with the security company.I am presently very sick and my Doctor recently told me that I would not last for next three months due to cancer problem. Though what disturbs me most is my stroke.Having known my condition I decided to have this money claimed by some body that will utilize it according to my desire of having it donate to Orphanage (less privilege)I need good partner that will use this fund for helping orphanages, cancer research centres and widows. I took this decision because I don’t have any child that will inherit this money and my husband’s relatives are not good and never loved me for once through out my marriage experience with my late husband. Therefore, I don’t want my family hard earned money to be inherited by them because they don’t merit it. Hence my reason for looking for outsider that will claim the money for help of orphanages in any part of the world, because I know I will die any moment and not afraid of death.I don’t need any telephone communication in this regard because of my health as my Medical Doctor advised and because of the presence of my family relatives around me always. I don’t want them to know about this development.As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you contact of the security company who will assist you and work with you concerning the deposited money in the security company. I will also issue you a letter of authority that will empower you as my partner they will release the consignment to. I want you to always pray for me. My happiness is that I lived a life of a aged mother and worthy Christian. Any delay in your reply will give me room to look for another contact for this same purpose. If you are willing I will need assurance from you in your reply that you will act accordingly as I stated here. Reply with your phone number, name and address for introduction to the company. Yours sincerely,Bridggie Williams
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