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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: Fillomina Williams <fillomina_william5@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: fillomina.williams@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:35:32 +0900 (JST)
Subject: i need your urgent help please!!!




My name is Fillomina Williams. I am 22 years and the only daughter of Late Mr. & Mrs. Ben Collins Williams. My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant here in my country Cote D'Ivoire West Africa. My Father was shut death by my uncles due to their intentions to claim all my father's wealth also
my mother died when i was a baby.

After My father was shut, Before and before he died in a private hospital here in Abidjan, he secretly called me beside his sick bed and told me that he has the sum of Four Million Eight Hundred Thousand United State Dollars USD ( $4,800.000.00 ) which he deposited in a suspense account in one
of the big banks here in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

He also told me that he used my name as the next of Kin when he deposited the money in the bank. He strongly advised me not to seek assistance from my uncles nor his lawyer nor any of his friend here but to seek for a foreign partner from any country who will assist me in the wise investment of
the money since the money is in the bank so that i will move out from this country for my safety.

I have also vacated from my father's house for to my safety due to my uncles who has came to claim all my father's properties, and as i am writting to you now, i am currently staying in a church with one Pastor Michael who acepted me to stay in his church for the mean time after i have explained
everything that happened to me and my condition of life at the moment. i want to stay here in thisch church temporary until i finds someone that will be of good help to me also I want to transfer this money out from this country and use it for investment purpose.

Because of this i am honorably seeking your assistance in the following ways:

(1) To serve as a guardian to me and then assist me transfer the money into your bank account.

(2) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and then settle there parmanently.

If you accept to stand as my guardian or foster parent to me, i need not to discuss any percentage with you as you have to see the whole money as yours and then assist me invest it. But if you still want a percentage, i am willing to offer you, 20 % of the total money as compensation for your
assistance.

Please tell me how you feel about the percentage i offered, if is not ok by you. As soon as i receive your assurance to assist me with the proposal, i will then give you the bank contact information where my father deposited this money so that you can contact them and proceed to transfer the
money into your account while i come over to stay with you parmanently after the transfer of the fund.

No matter what your decision may turn out to be,please i plead you to keep this highly secret for my safety, as i believe that those that killed my father are still after me.

Thanks and God bless you .
Best regards
Fillomina Williams






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