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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: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:25:20 -0800
Subject: From Prince Williams Amani/


From Prince Williams Amani/Appeal for Assistance.=20
Refugee Camp, 23 Rue Des Republicain,
Koumassi 17 bp.1246 Abidjan 17
Abidjan-Cote D'ivoire=20

Greetings to you.=20
=20
(Foreign Investment Project Assistant)=20
=20
I=92m Prince Williams Amani, surviving son the late chief Venantius Lansa=
na Amani, from Sierra Leone, I have gone through your business profile an=
d I have the motive to contact you for an assistance to help me secure a =
deposit VAULT contatining the total Sum of (USDS18.3Million) wchich my la=
te father deposted with bank here after he was accused by government, I w=
ant to use ths funds in your country for safe and investments purposes su=
ch as real estate management and for my future education to avoid seizure=
, if you can finance this project for me, I would like you to be my partn=
er and fund manager after transferring of the total funds to you, moreove=
r my late father has drafted this funds for onward transfer before he die=
d unfortunately.=20
=20
I will only guarantee the deliver of this money order to you depending on=
your honest and guarantee of trust to withdraw from this funds and arran=
ge for a resident permit for me into your country to meet with you for fu=
rther discussion on this investment projects, my late father was a govern=
ment entrepreneur and a freight forwarder (VENAS SHIPPING COMPANY) which =
operate from cote d'ivoire cocoa export resources, before he died he sold=
his shipping company because of bad government wanted to freeze his acco=
unt and seize his properties accusing him of importing contraband goods. =
=20
=20
My father acquired legitimately and the bank here has approved to safegua=
rd and delivered it to any country of my choice, all I need is your assis=
tance in proving a legitimate contact where to secure for this funds for =
investment purposes and my future education, you will also arrange for my=
stay resident permit papers to enable me relocate to your country where =
I will be free from political tensions and fear.=20

Also I need your assistance in investing of this funds in your country fo=
r my security because of my uncles who wanted to kill me out of envy, I h=
ave no trust to any of them, their traits has led me to contact you to st=
and as my legal trustee for the transferring of this funds overseas for i=
nvestment project, I intend to establish this funds in your country as ad=
vised by my late father, for my safety and free political tension. Though=
I have not met with you before but I ask you to render me this help beca=
use I strongly believe that you will never regret helping me.=20

I can confide on you for the brighter future of my life since I have no p=
arents anymore and my relatives plotted to the killing of my late father,=
and I believer you be human to me to build a better future for me in you=
r country, before my father died he finally died he told that it was beca=
use of his wealth and political statues that he was killed and that I sho=
uld choose country of my own choice and secure this funds through his for=
eign associates, now I decided to invest these money in your country or a=
nywhere safe enough for security and political reasons.
=20
I want you to stand as my legal trustee and fund manager to assist me ret=
rieve my late father's deposit vaults to your safe custody, basically for=
foreign investment purposes and for my education in your country, the fu=
nds will be invested in real estate, hotels and telecommunication project=
.=20

I am willing legaly to compensate you with 20% of this funds for your pro=
fit interest on this project as my fund manager assistance helper, also i=
would like you to negotiate which and what amount of taxes will be paid =
to your government to enable me invest in your country, because I would l=
ike everything to go according to the law to avoid having problems. =20

I will appreciate your urgent response to my private E-mail: williams.am=
anl989@yahoo.fr=20
=20
Truly Yours,
=20
Prince Williams Amani=20


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