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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. MARY" <mrswilliams651@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: "MRS. MARY" <inffooo13@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 09:55:17 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Yours Sincerely






WORLD DEBT RECOVERY COMMITTEE
98540 EAST OLYMPIA
WASHINGTON DC
USA
PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS.  marymarywilliams013@live.com

                                UNCLAIMED FUND NOTIFICATION

I am Mrs. Mary Williams of the newly inaugurated World Debt Recovery
committee (WDRC). My committee has a mandate to recover unpaid debts
associated with NNPC contracts, Lottery fund, inheritance fund, loan sand
grants etc ranging from $1M-$19.5M owed to various beneficiaries and
companies across the globe (Asia, Europe, USA, Africa, and Australia)and
submit the list of the unpaid

beneficiaries/companies to the appointed official paying Banks for
immediate payment of the fund. In the course of our investigation, your
email address/particulars was shortlisted among the first fifteen
individuals yet to be paid hence this email. However, we received a
petition today from one Mrs.Christina Morgan that you are dead

According to her, you died in a plane crash as such your fund should be
paid to her as the apparent heir. She has also submitted her Bank account
with Bank of America for the transfer of the fund to her. To avoid undue
delay or paying the fund to wrong individual/beneficiary, I
have decided to contact you for confirmation. If I fail to hear from you
after 72 hours, it will be assumed that the petition of Mrs. Morgan is
true and the fund will be paid to her without further delay.

Therefore, if you are still alive, reconfirm your particulars, cell phone#
to reach you and indicate how you want the fund paid to you immediately
for the attention of the paying officer.


Yours Sincerely
Mrs. Mary Williams
(WDRC)


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