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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: <nonowilliams21@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: norawilliams@live.fr
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:07:18 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From nora williams John Garang. Read Carefully.

From nora williams John Garang. Read Carefully.

I search out your email ID this morning through internet hoping to introduce to you a future and long term business transaction. I am the daughter of late General williams John Garang.

My father was the former rebel leader of sudan who letter became the vice president of Sudan before he was killed by a planned deal as plane crash which took place on Monday, 1 August 2005 in a helicopter crash at the mountains ranch of Imatong in a place called Himan south of Lotukei in Eastern
Equaoria.

Please click or copy out this three site to see the burial of my late father.( http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/4735725.stm ) He was buried on Saturday, 6 August 2005. ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4126370.stm )
( http://english.people.com.cn/200508/07/eng20050807_200762.html )

After the death of my mother the second wife of General williams John Garang, on the 15th December 2005, the president of Sudan placed embargo on my late father's assets during his speach on the 2nd January 2006 which made me to leave the country to another country.

During the time of his rebel wars, He Secretly called me on a faithful day and told me that he has the sum of
($ 11.000.000.00 eleven US Million Dollars) deposited in Security House in another west african contry for seif reason, that he used my name as the only daughter of his second wife for the next of kin in deposit of the fund.

He also explained to me that i should seek for foreigner in any country of my choice except Sudan where we will transfer this money and use it for investment purposes.
presently i am in the contry were the money is been deposited call ivroy coast the of abidjan.

Please i am honorably seeking your assistance to be the beneficiary of the money because i contacted the Security House and i was told by the Security House director that i don't have right to claim the money without my late father's foreign beneficiary.

If it pleases you, Kindly send me your full information, so that i will submit it to the security House and introduce you as the beneficiary of the money. I will give you 20%.

I will be waiting for your response.
nora williams John Garang.






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