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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: "Jonny Williams" <williams4@klikni.cz>
Reply-To: wjonny2008@myway.com
Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 11:57:29 +0000
Subject: From Jonny Williams


From Jonny Williams

Dearest one,
May the blessing of God be upon you and grant you the wisdom and sympathy to
understand my situation and how much I need your help. I am Jonny Williams i
am ( 91 years old ) the only son and child of Late Mr/Mrs DAVID WILLIAMS ,
my late Father was former national security adviser to the ousted Abidjan
military head of state, I am writing to express my interest in real estate
or other good investments in your country. Though my father was assasinated
by unknow persons a couple of months ago, Before his was was assasinated to
death,


He reviewed to me of a deposit of huge amount of US$ 5.5M (Five million,
five hundred thousand united states dollars) which my late Father MR DAVID
WILLIAMS deposited in one of the prime banks here in Abidjan before he was
assasinated by unknow persons.Now I decided to invest these money in your
country or any where safe enough outside Africa for security and political
reasons.I want you to help me to transfer this fund to your country for
investment purposes, please i need you help ,Though I have not met with you
before but I believe,one has to risk confiding in someone to succeed
sometimes in life.


Your acceptance of this proposal or otherwise should please be communicated
through my E-mail address: or Telephone, your quick response will be
appreciated. I look forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenient
time. I await your soonest response.. Thank you and God bless you.


Yours Sincerely,
Jonny Williams Son.

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