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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: williams <nattywilliams97@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: nattywilliams81@yahoo.fr
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:02:28 -0300
Subject: dear,beloved one.



dear,beloved one.

i am miss natty williams ,the only daughter of late mr and mrs williams
my father was a contractor and Gold merchant.please dearest one i need your
help this is what happen to me.my mother died on 24th may 2000 of car
accident,my father took me special because i am motherless and the only child.

after six years my mother died i lost my father he died of brain tummor which
he suffered for some years,i become fatherless and motherless.before the death
of my father on 1st feb 2007 in a private hospital he secretly called
me on his
bedside and told me that he has a sum of $6.7m (six million seven hundred
thousand dollars) left in a suspense account in a local bank in abidjan,the
capital of cote d' ivorie that he used my name as his only daughter for the
next of kin in deposit of the fund.

he also told me that i should look for a God fearing foreigner partern in a
country of choice where i will transfered this money and complete my education
before joining into any business or real estate management.iam honourable
seeking your assistance in the following ways.

1)your full name.
2)your residential address.
3)your phone number for easier cominication.
4)to serve as my guardian since iam a small girl,iam going to offer you 20% as
compensation for the effort input after the transfer of this fund to your
designate account overseas.

i will also give you my international pasport and the certificate of
deposit of
the fund.
as soon as i got this information i will take it to the bank were my late
father deposited the fund so that there will contact you.
thanks ,waiting to hear from you soon.
yours miss natty.


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