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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: Mr Deji Williams <mrselizabeth897878@rediffmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 02:34:13 -0700
Subject: GOOD DAY..

>From Mrs Elizabeth Powell. CONTACT MY PERSONA E-MAIL(mrselizabeth897878@rediffmail.com) I crave your indulgence at this mail coming from somebody you have not know before.I decided to do this after praying over the situation.please consider my condition and not the fact that you have not know me before.I need not dwell on how i came by your contact information because there many such possibilities there days. lf you are willing to show me your honesty and trust, I think I will be able to trust and work with you I am Mrs Elizabeth Powell,a citizen of Northern Ireland.I am the wife and widow to Late Mr.Julius Powell(a former Northern Ireland Envoy),who died in 2005.I have recently been diagnosed of Cancer of the Pelvic and my doctor said, "no hope of survive"I am writing from my laptop on my sick bed.My husband left in a charity trust foundation account,the sum of million ($10.5 MILLION) in the First Bank of Northern Ireland. And my husband is the only child of his deceased parents Because of my deteriorating health condition and my husband's death,I am looking for a credible person to who i will pass the right of next of kin as i and my husband have no child to pass over the right of next of kin.this person will apply to the bank and request for the transfer of the fund to his or her bank. This is on the condition that you will take 35% of the fund for yourself 5% will be used to settlements incurred while you will use the remaining 60% for the less privilege people in the society.This is in fulfillment of the last request of my husband.that a substantial part of the fund be used to carter for the less privilege and also to donate for the relief of tsunami victims.lf this condition is acceptable to you,Contact me. Finally, I want you to know that there are some fraudulent mails of such that are been sent to people at times over the net, I am using this opportunity to inform you about that. I also want to inform you that this is very real and im not those people. But if you are not comfortable with it or you can handle this transaction of this money, please do not bother to reply. Please get in touch with me by my email(mrselizabeth897878@rediffmail.com) to enable us discuss further. Also I will like you to come down here in Northern Ireland if it will be easy for you to do that so that you can carry out an on the ground assessment and sign the final docket to release the money and transfer to your foreign account. further and effective proceedings.And i will like you to send to me those information’s for easy and effective communication. NAME IN FULL:............... ADDRESS:.................... NATIONALITY:....... ........ AGE...................... .. Sex................... ..... OCCUPATION:... ............ MARITAL STATUS.............. PRIVATE PHONE ............ PRIVATE FAX ................ Thanks and God Bless Mrs.Elizabeth Powell Williams

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