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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: "INFO" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dwily2001@yahoo.com.tw>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2015 09:41:49 -0700
Subject: INFO

I am sending you this mail in good faith. I am Mrs. DORIS WILLIAMS now undergoing medical treatment for cancer. I was married to late Dr.JAMES WILLIAMS who was a contractor with the United Kingdom consulate in Hong Kong for many years. Before his death in 2004, we both had an account with a financial institution where we deposited the sum of Seven Million United States dollars. Recently, my doctor told me that I have few months to live due to cancer problem.Having known my condition; I have decided to nominate you as my beneficiary since the financial company has now written me that the length of time agreed upon to hold my funds have now expired. My desire and purpose is for you to promote humanitarian works. I.e. assisting the less privileged and building orphanage homes in your country and to upset my medical bills. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein. I will
give you further details when I hear from you.
 
E-MAIL:dowl1969@yahoo.com.tw
 
Doris








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