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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: bright_william000@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 03:28:13 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From Ms Bright Williams

From Ms Bright Williams
Abidjan

Ivory coast


My Dear Please urgent Permit me to inform you of my mind, Because I have make up my mind to contact you through this media after going through your profile i decided to contact you for assisting me as a foreign business relation to my late father.

My Name is Ms Bright Williams, i was born to the family of Mr. Williams Okeke.and my father Name is Thompson he was a very wealthy gold and cocoa merchant who based in ACCRA and ABIDJAN respectively, and my mother's name is Sheila.and I am there only child.well when i was a kid i went to a
private schools and things was going on well for me and my parents till when i was in high school when my mother died on the 21ST october 2000 , My father took me so special because i am motherless. and he shower all his love on me.

My father got dead recently.but before the death of my father on the 12th December 2007 in a private hospital here in Abidjan, he called me secretly to his bed side and told me that he deposited the sum of ten million United State Dollars.($10, 000 000 00) in one bank here in Abidjan the
capital city of my country Cote D'Ivoire for investment puposes.

He also explained to me that it was because of this money he was poisoned by his business partner and that i should seek for foreign partner in a country of my choice where i would investment this money if it happens that i could not see him anymore.

Plesae, i am honourably soliciting your kind assistance as follows.
1) To assist me and stand as my father's foreign business relation to get this money transfered to you for investment purposes to your country.
2) To serve as the guardian of these fund,since i am too small to handle such amount.
3)To make arrangement for me in your country to continue my educational career and to procure me a residential permit in your country.

I am inclined to offer you 20% of the total sum as a mode of compensation for your effort after the successful transfering of this money into any of your nominated account.

I am expecting to hear from you immediately after you got this mail and please fowared to me your persnal informations at the same time like your Telfax number and your addres,as soon as you reply through my private Email i will send to you the deposit certificate which my late father use to
deposit the money and also give to you the bank contact where the money is deposited for you to contact them after that you comfirm to me your willingness and to comfirm to me that you are not going to betraled me at last when my money will be transfer in to your account please if you know that
you are trustful then respond so that we can do this together as i am only 23 years and will like to explain to you that you are going to take care of this money and the investment until i finish my education which is the most inportant thing to me now.

God bless you.
Ms Bright Williams



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