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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: Juliana William <julwill74@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Juliana William <julianawilliam1@yahoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 12:50:14 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Re: Reply, Greetings My Dear,

Greetings dear,

With Due Respect I want to solicit for your ideas. My name is Miss Juliana William the daughter of the former cabinet Minister in freetown, I am in search of a property to buy in your country as I intended to move over there soon to continue my education, my life is at risky here because of the new government which is the cause of my father’s death, presently I have in our deposit $6 Million United States Dollars to be used in buying the house that will accommodate me and the balance you will invest it for me in a stable business venture in your country for my future after my education because presently I can't handle this fund because of my lack of investments idea and I want to go back to school first, I want you to be my guardian to my fund and I will be willing to compensate you generously for your help
I will give you more detail about the fund and about my life immediately I hear from you but I’m 19 years old for the moment

I’m waiting for your message

Thanks
Miss.Juliana William

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