419 scam: Anita <jfi2045@att.net> FromMiss Anita Williams

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "robert mugabe" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Anita <jfi2045@att.net>
Reply-To: anita_williams0002@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2010 16:20:21 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FromMiss Anita Williams

FromMiss Anita Williams

Good day to you

My name is Miss Anita Williams the daughter of Mr and Mrs Zuka Williams of Zimbabwe.
During the war against the farmers in Zimbabwe from the support of our President. Robert Mugabe to claim all the white -owned farms to his party members and his followers, he ordered all the white farmers to surrender all their farms to his party members and his followers. My father is one of the best farmers in our country and because he did not support Mugabes ideas,Mugabes supporters invaded my fathers farm and burnt everything in the farm, killed my father and made away a lot of items in my fathers farm.

Before his death, my father had deposited with one of the prime bank in Abidjan in Cote d'Ivoire the sum of US 2.4( Two million four hundred thousand United state Dollars ) After the burial of my father, I decided to move to the Republic of Cote D,Ivoire for my safety, to verified the existence of the money and to look for honest and trustworthy person who will assist me to retrieve the money from the bank in cote d ivoire ;He deposited the money in the bank with my name as next of kin to the money for investment purpose. I offer you % from the money for your assistance.

I will be waiting for your reply more details

Thanks and God bless
Yours Faithfully
Miss Anita Williams

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