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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 christina williams <mrschristinawilliams2@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 14:28:47 +0100
Subject: Good day to you

Good day to you

My name is Mrs.Christina Willliams from France and I am very sorry for the
attachment, I am a 59 years old woman. I was married to late Mr. Johnson
who is my husband, and also one of the best contractors here in France, and
also a seasoned contractor in London. He was poison to die on, 7th July
2014 by one of his friends in London.

My late husband and I were married for years without a child of our own and
after his death I decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my
matrimonial home. As i speak to you, I have been diagnosed with congested
heart failure, of which the doctors have confirmed and told me that I would
not live long. After my husband passed away last year, I realized he
deposited a huge sum of money with one of Security Company in London.

The money that was deposited in the Security company was a total of
(5.5000.000.00 USD) Five million Five Hundred Thousand USD. As I write to
you, I feel that the money in the Security company would be a waste if I
die and that is why I have come to a conclusion of donating the money out
to the less privilege and also the motherless babies home.

My husband's brother is an addicted smoker and drinker who spend his money
on expensive drinks and unnecessary things and so I do not wish for him to
have any of the money which my husband worked so hard for all his life.
After going through your profile over the internet I decided to contact you
for friendship and assistance for distribution of my inheritance. Please,
my dear friend I have come to you to help me carry out this last wish of
mine earth because I am too weak to move about and also have been confined
to a wheel chair in my home in France due to the state of my health and so
I can't travel all the way from here.

It is true that I don't know you, but I have been directed by God to do
this. If you wish to help me, write back to me at your earliest convenience
so that I would direct you on how to contact the Security Company for the
transfer of the funds to you in whichever way you may wish to nominate for
this purpose. Please send me your name, address, occupation, age, sex,
marital status and contact telephone numbers to enable me forward it to the
security company for the release of the fund to your custody. I will give
you my lawyer contact information for I may not be able to carry out, I am
weak less privilege to write or talk.please kindly write back to me with my
private mail (mrs.christiwilliams@yahoo.com)

I await your urgent reply.

Thanks for your kindness,
God Bless you,
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs.Christina Willliams

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