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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: michael williams <michaeliams401@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: michwilliams401@yahoo.co.in
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 00:18:35 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Urgent Assistance needed?


Dearest Friend ,

This is Michael Williams the son of late Dr Johnson Williams from
Liberian,I am writing you to sick for an asisstance over my father deposited consigment in a security company in Spain and i belive you could be a nice and trustworthy someone.Hence i decided to contact you in respect of my late father fund $25musd which he put inside two trunk boxes and deposited it in a security company in Spain before he died.

So I want you to be my foreign beneficiary who will help me to claim
and transfer this boxes out of Spain to you in your country for
investment purpose .for your foreign assistance i and my sister have agreed to
offer to you 30% of the total fund and 5% for any expenses that might
occur during this transaction. .

Please i want you to get back to me as soon as possible for further
details, and also forward to you the contact of the security company in Spain.

Yours truly,
Michael Williams.
email: michwilliams401@yahoo.co.in



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