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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 Tacy Williams <tacywilliams@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 12:07:25 +0200
Subject: PLEASE HELP ME OUT

Greetings,



I am Mrs. Tracy Williams an aging widow suffering from long time illness. I
have some funds I inherited from my late husband, the sum of 5.9 Million us
Dollars and I needed a very honest and sincere Individual or cooperate
organization that will use the fund for work of humanity, I found your
email address from the Human ressources data base and decided to contact
you. Please if you would be able to use the funds for the work of humanity
as i have stated hear To fulfilled my late husband wishes please , kindly
reply me back through my

Private email address for more explanations; tacywilliams@gmail.com

Regards,

Mrs. Tracy williams

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