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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" <mrs.christinawilliams2015@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "Mrs.Christina Williams" <christynewilliams@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2015 12:34:25 +0900 (JST)
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.

>I await your urgent reply.
>
>Thanks for your kindness,
>God Bless you,
>Yours Sincerely,
>Mrs.Christina Willliams
>

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