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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: "Loveth Williams" <missloveth02@curacao.nl>
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:15:04 +0200
Subject: Hello


lovethwills@ameinfo.com
Dearest One,
Greetings and I wish that this mail will meet you in good health
and condition.Pls let it not be a surprise because I lay all my trust
in you before i decided to disclose it to you due to we need your help.

I am miss Loveth Williams,26yrs old from Sierra Leone,daughter of
my late parents Chief.and Mrs Williams. Our father was a highly reputable
business magnet(a cocoa,diamond and gold merchant).It was sad to
say that he passed away mysteriously after a business trips abroad.
Though his sudden death was linked or rather suspected to have been
masterminded by one of my uncle,but God knowsthe truth!

Sorry to say that I and my younger brother James never know the
caring of our mother because she died on our tender age which made
me the best man for mylate father and he never hide anything from me.

On his arrival from his trip to France ,he explained to me the reason
why he made the trip...and also told me that he has the sum of Nine Million,
Five hundred thousand United State Dollars.(USD$9.500,000) deposited in
one of the security company's here in Abidjan Ivory coast
West Africa,which he disguised for security reasons and declared the
box to contain family valuables instead of money to avoid suspiction
/ tampering with the true content of the box.

The deposit document which is my possession carries my late fether's
name as the depositor,while James my younger brother the next of kin
on the same document.
We evacuated from Sierra Leone because of this deposit that was made
by my late father here in Abidjan,Cote d'Ivoire.

We have no documentary problems with the security company but the
only problem is the nature of deposit that was made by our late father
which I will explain to you once you declare your wiliness to assist us.

Really,the death of our father actually brought sorrow to my life, I am
in a sincere desire of your humble assistance in this regards.
Your suggestions,ideas and assistance to secure this money out from
here to your country will be highly regarded.

Now permit me to ask these few questions:-
1. Can you honestly help us?
2. Can we completely confide in you without any breech of trust?
3. Surely you will be highly compensated but I need to know what
you need me to offer you in returns of your assistance to us ?

Thanks and I await your response .

Yours Sincerely,
Miss Loveth Williams.
Please get back to me privately on
Email:lovethwills@ameinfo.com
for more details of assistance needed from you.
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