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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: mryjw <mry19_jwilliam@hotmail.fr>
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 13:57:58 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Contact me for more clearification


Dearest,

Best wishes of the day to you and to the people around you.First and foremost and brief self introduction, I am  Miss Mary william 19 years old and the only daughter of my late parents Mr.and Mrs. william Kamara,

My father was a highly reputable busnness magnate-(a cocoa merchant)who operated in the capital of Ivory coast during his days It is sad to say that he passed away mysteriously in France during one of his business trips abroad year 12th.sept. 2012

He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned That I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice who will help me transfer the fund to his bank account for investment project.

This is because I have suffered a lot of set backs as a result of incessant political crisis here in Ivory coast. The death of my father actually brought sorrow to my life.

The areas that I need your assistance are as follows:
 
1. I want you to assist me transfer and invest the sum of Nine million Seven hundred thousand Euros( €9.7 Million) which i inherited from my late father before he died.
2. I want you to assist me get university admmission as soon as I arrive to your country after the transfer of the money.
3. I want you to be my guardian hence my father is dead.
4. I want you to assist me get good accommodation in your country.

I am willing to offer you 20% and 5%  for any expenses which this transaction may cost you .I will appreciate it if you respond to me as soon as you received my e-mail so that we can discuss further on this matter.

Please consider this and get back to me as soon as possible as well I will like you to forward your private telephone and fax number if you are willing to have the relevant documents to confirm the existence of the fund for verification from the bank and to confirm the authenticity of my proposal to you also for easy communication.

I await your soonest response.

Thank you so much.
My sincere regards,
Miss Mary

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