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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 HELEN WILLIAM <info@sender.org>
Reply-To: helenwilliam2@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2015 15:15:15 -0700
Subject: Hello my dear:


Hello my dear: I NEED YOUR HELP, My name is MRS HELEN WILLIAM i come from L=
iberia but now in Ghana as a Refugees, my father is a politician in my coun=
try before he was kill by the rebels, By the time my father was alive he de=
posited some of $ 10 million us Dollars in bank of Ghana for me, now am in =
Ghana and i fine the bank and the money is safe, I want to buy house in you=
r country and invest the rest of the money, Please i want you to help me as=
a citizen so that i can archive all this plans, please Reply me if you can=
help me, Thanks you and GOD Bless you Contact my email (helenwilliam2@hotm=
ail.com)=20

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