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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: "rita william" <ritawilliam11@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 06:41:40 -1000
Subject: FROM Miss Rita William

Seeking For A Serious Relationship and Assistance
>From Miss Rita William
BP 150 Marcory Residential ABIDJAN 75.
COTE D' IVOIRE.

Dearest one,
Permit me to inform you of my desire to go into business relationship with you, after going through your profile and I
prayed over it and selected your name among other names due to the nature of my proposal which requires a reputable and
trustworthy person. Someone who will be kind and sincere to me.
l am Miss Rita William, the only daughter of late Dr. Anthony William. My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in
Abidjan here, the economic capital of Ivory Coast, he was poisoned to death by his only brother (My Uncle) and his
business associates on one of their business meeting. My mother died on the 15th October 1995 and my father took me so
special because l am motherless. Before the death of my father on 4th December 2011 in a private hospital here in
Abidjan, he secretly called me on his bedside, when I sat down to listen to him, he started crying and when I asked him why?
(1) He complained that I am too young to be managing my life with no one to take care of me.
(2) That I have not finished my university education as he planned for me, he revealed to me that he has a sum of
$14.8Million USD (FOURTEEN MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) left in a Bank here in Abidjan, that he
used my name as the only daughter for his next of kin in deposit of the funds.

He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his only brother (My Uncle) and his
business associates, that l should stay away from them as they are evil, he warned me seriously not to associate with
his brother that is my uncle, that I should seek for a God fearing foreign partner in a country of my choice where l
will transfer this money and use it for proper investment purpose,that I must finish my university education by the help
of a business partner abroad, that he or she should help me obtain a resident permit in his or her country. He also gave
a standing instruction to the Bank that the deposit must be transferred outside this country. According to my father,
the money was deposited as art works to avoid attracting attention to the deposit.

I am now ready to do all these since my father my bread winner is no more. l am honorable seeking your assistance in the
following ways.
(1) To serve as my guardian in your country while I will depend on your expert advise since l am a girl of 20 years.
(2) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country in order to further my university education and to secure a
residential permit for me in your country.

Moreover, l am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as compensation for your assistance in the transfer of this
deposit to your country. Furthermore, you can indicate your option towards assisting me as l believed that this project
would be concluded within seven days you signify interest to assist me by contacting the Bank.

Hoping to hearing from you soon. May God bless you as you extend your helping hand to the needy Please your can reply to
me through my private email address;(ritawilliam11@yahoo.com).

Best wishes
Miss. Rita William.

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