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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. Juliana Williams" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsjuliana_williams@aol.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:43:07 +0100
Subject: Dearest One

Dearest One

I am Mrs. Juliana Williams. I was married to Manfred a seasoned contractor. We were married for eleven years without a child. He died after a Brief illness in the year 2002. After his Death I decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home. When my late husband was alive, he deposited the sum of US$7.5M dollars in one of the International Banks.

My Doctor told me that I would not last for the next Three months Due to cancer problem. Having known my condition I decided to donate these funds to better the lives of the less privileged. I need honest and trust worthy individual that will utilize this Money in accordance With my instruction's want the funds to be used in funding Organizations, Orphanages and less privileged.

I took this decision because I don't have any child That will inherit This money and my husband relatives are very unkind to Me and I don't Want my husband's hard-earned money to be misused.

As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the Contact of my Attorney WHO HAS ALL THE DOCUMENTS ATTACHED TO THE DEPOSIT and I will also Issue you a letter of authority that will empower you as the legal Beneficiary of this fund. I want you to always pray for me, any delay in your Reply will give me room in sourcing for another individual for this same purpose.

Thanks
Yours sincerely
Mrs. Juliana Williams



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