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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: William Colgate <wcolgate42@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: williamcolgate01@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 03:53:30 -0500
Subject: RE

Hello,
I'm William Colgate II, an Executive Member of the Audit and Compensation
Committee of ExxonMobil in London ( http://www.exxonmobil.co.uk). I have a
sensitive and private brief from the Senior Executives of this top oil
company in need of your partnership to re-profile funds amounting to
US$12.2M (Twelve Million Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars). I
will let you have the details but in summary, the fund shall be paid to
you through our operating bank where it is presently deposited as soon as
the legalization and documentation process is concluded in your name.
This is a legitimate transaction without government interference and you
shall be compensated with 20% of the total sum, should you and your
company agree to work with us. If you are interested, please reply for
further details.

Warm Regards,
William Colgate II

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