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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: JENN WILLAIMS <jenn.willaims@btinternet.com>
Reply-To: jenn_willaims@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:25:07 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Dearest,


Dearest,

i am sure this email would come to you by supprise from you since we may have not coresponded earlier than now.I am Mss.Jenn Willaims a citizen of Ivory Coast i am 23 years old .i got your contact from a very reliable source and i hope you be capable of rendering me with this help which is my reason for writing you My Father was the President Ivory Coast Real Estate Association a post which he held for over 12 years before he was poisoned recently and i believe by his wicked partners ,my mum died while i was still a baby and i barely recognized her looks ,
and since then my Late Dadd cared so much for me and took me very special.Before his death in March 2008 in a private Specialist Hospital in Abidjan where he was transferd for further medications ,He secretly called me and told me he has $8.650,000,eigth million six Hundred and Fifty thousand Dollars in his account in a Bank in Abidjan Cote D'ivoire ,and that he had used my name as the next of Kin as his only Daugther while depositing the funds .that was when he told me he suspected his colleagues had poisoned him he however did not mention the particular person before his death .
He told me further that if he do not survive i should travel to abidjan coted'ivoire where he deposited the funds and avoid going to his friends ,rather i should seek a foriegn partner in any country of my choice where i woul transfer this money and use it for low risk investment ,he gave me some investment options of ,Real estate,hotel management ,I have been in Abidjan now for the past two months .and i seek your honourable assistace in being my partner so i can have this money transferd into your custody so you can serve as my guardian to this funds since i am 23 and have no idea on investments .also to make arrangement for me to come over
to your country to further my education while you control the investment as i study, this would be concluded within seven days you indicate your readiness to helping me out.

i expect to hear from you as soon as possible:


Regards
Jenn Willaims

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