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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: "Mrs Suzanne Albright" <info@notice.com>
Reply-To: albrightsuzanne@ciudad.com.ar
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2011 15:47:31 +0400 (MSD)
Subject: THIS IS HOW I GOT MY COMPENSATION






Hello,

I am Mrs Suzanne Albright, I am a US citizen, I reside here in Denton,
Texas. My residential address is as follows. 38 Wellington Oaks Cir,
Denton, TX, United States, am thinking of relocating since I am now Rich
and comfortable with my family. I am one of those that took part in the
Compensation in Africa many years ago and they refused to pay me, I had
paid over US$74,000 for the past years while in the US, trying to get my
payment all to no avail. And they always stopped my funds with one reason
or the order.

So I decided to travel with my Son to WASHINGTON D.C with all my
compensation documents, And I was directed by the ( FBI) Director to
contact Mr. William Wilcox, who is a representative of the ( FBI ) and a
member of the COMPENSATION AWARD COMMITTEE, currently in Nigeria. and I
contacted him and he explained everything to me. He said whoever is
contacting us through emails are fake.

He took me to the paying bank for the claim of my Compensation payment
which was paid to me successfuly. Right now I am the most happiest woman
on earth because I have finally received my compensation funds of (
US$2.5Million ) Moreover, Mr. William Wilcox, showed me the full
information of those that are yet to receive their compensation funds and
I saw your name as one of the scam victims and one of the US$2.5Million
beneficiaries, that is why I decided to contact the people I saw their
names on the list of people to be paid compensation on facebook.


I will advise you to contact Mr.William Wilcox. You have to contact him
directly on this information below to know if he can help you too.

COMPENSATION AWARD HOUSE
Name : William wilcox
Email: williamwilcox10@gmail.com
Phone: +234-7033-383-209

You really have to stop dealing with those people that are contacting you
and telling you that your fund is with them, it is not in anyway with
them, they are only taking advantage of you and they will dry you up until
you have nothing left.
The only Money I paid after I met Mr.William Wilcox was just $890 for the
Ownership Paper Works, Take note of that because that was only money I
paid.

Once again stop contacting those people, I will advise you to contact Mr
Williams Wilcox so that he can help you to deliver your fund instead of
dealing with those liars that will be turning you around asking for
different kind of money to complete your transaction.

Thank You and Be Blessed.

Mrs Suzanne Albright
38 Wellington Oaks Cir, Denton, TX, United States






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