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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: Miss Hilda Williams <h_williams88@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: hilda_25@o2.pl
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:01:06 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Dear Sir/Madam, please i need your urgent reply.


FROM:MISS HILDA WILLIAMS.
MISSIONARY QUARTERS
C/PESCADORA,22,3°,1A IZDA,
SPAIN.

Reply to my confidential email adds(hilda_25@o2.pl)

Dear Sir/Madam,

I feel good contacting you today I have read from your add in Internet knowing quiet well that this contact will bring a lasting relationship.With regard to your reputation and who will not disappoint me nor deny me in faith, I am directing this letter of assistance to you.

I am Miss Hilda Williams the only daughter of Mr.Don Williams from Republic of Zimbabwe in desire to get somebody who will safe guard my interest, that of my junior brother and this money.Briefly, our father Mr. Don Williams was a Gold and Cocoa merchant who based here in Madrid Spain, and had a branch office in Toronto Canada.

My father was a wealthy Gold/Cocoa merchant who has business in manycountries in Europe, America and Asian countries.According to my father, my own mother Died when I was about six years of age, which means that I did not even know my mother very well.
my father Mr.Don Williams was Poisoned to death by his business associates, and he died in a private hospital here in Madrid Spain.

But when he was about to die, he called us beside his sick bed and told us that he deposited the sum of Twenty million United State Dollars (US$20.M) with a Security company here in Madrid, Bortega Security Company Madrid Spain.

This money was kept for us in my name, his only daughter. Right now I am a first year student of business management in one of the University here.My only problem now is that since my father has been poisoned to death by his business ssociates, I don't even trust any other person here again including my father's brothers and sisters.

Right now, I want you to help us in the following ways:
1) I want you to provide a personal / company's bank Account where this
amount here (US$20.M) can be Transferred.

2) You are going to manage this fund and Also be my personal guardian until I finished my studies.

3)You are going to procure admissions for us to continue our studies in one of the known university in your country.

4) You are going to receive 30% of the total sum for providing a bank account for this transfer.

5) That you must prepare immediately to make a working visit to Madrid Spain here so that me and you can see each other and we can then do the transfer at the same time and I will go back with you to your country.

We hope to receive your early response, as it will Encourage us, to stop establishing further contacts as It regards to this subject matters, so that we will furnish you With a private phone number where you can reach us Directly, on receipt of your positive response.

For your information, this place we're staying now is a House of a church sister who saw our condition and Decided to house us for a while.

THIS BUSINESS IS HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL BECAUSE NONE OF OUR LATE FATHER'S BROTHERS AND SISTERS KNOWS ABOUT THIS TRANSACTION.

Reply to my confidential email adds (hilda_25@o2.pl)
Waiting to hear from you soon.
Thanks for your understanding,
Miss. Hilda Williams.


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