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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: "Mr. Willie Nelson"
Reply-To: <willien35@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 01:00:01 -0800
Subject: MY DONATION TO YOU

Greetings,

My entire family is pleased to read your reply to us. I am Mr Willie Nelson, I am a 62 years old man and i was born and raised in the area of Los Angeles California, but left to pursue a career in theater. I spent the next 20 years working as an actor and a stage manager before i joined The Society of Saint John the Evangelist, an Episcopal monastery in Cambridge, Mass. But eventually i came home to Los Angeles, California to take care of my parents in their old age, and i currently has a small business in the area of Los Angeles, Recently i have moved to United Kingdom for a course am undergoing, after i won my Power ball Jackpot of $110,000,000.00 in August 1, 2015, My jackpot was a gift from God to me and my entire family has agreed to do the will of God. After winning my Power ball Jackpot of $110,000,000.00 in August 1, 2015, I promised God that I will do the right thing to his glory by investing 50% of my money to charity in helping humanity.

I may not know you, but I believe if you were chosen by God to receive my donation of $4,000,000 USD, Four Million Dollars. You must be a God fearing individual, I am a Christian and i believe that Good things happens to those people who wait and also believe in faith and in truth.

I am very grateful to you for the interest shown in my plight and I want to assure you that you will be greatly rewarded for what you have chosen to do. Although we are knowing each other for the first time but I believe our father in heaven has directed me to you as I prayed and searched over the Internet for assistance because I saw your profile on a list of registered email addresses provided to me by Microsoft list/Google list from which I picked you.


Be assured you stand no risk as this is my money, for source and verification please see the links below. Please you can read more about me by Viewing this:

http://www.powerball.com/powerball/winners/2015/CA_Nelson080115.shtml


I decided to make my donation to both the charity and Individuals as God has lead me to and i told some Ministers about this which they said was a welcome idea and promised they will get me a list of some people who can help others with my donation and put smile in the face of the needy, I decided to select my self by going to Microsoft and Google to make a research.

My donation of $4,000,000 US Dollars may not be much to you but i believe it will go a long way to improving your standard of living like my Power ball Jackpot did to me, I would like you to fill the below and return back to me and my entire household will be glad for you to visit us after my donation gets to you. Do this on time so you can contact the payout bank for further directives to receive donation,


Names:
Address:
Cell or Home Phone:
Age:
Sex:
Office Name:
Occupation:
Possition:
Identification ID:

I do not want to ask you for your ID as we do not want to leave an impression in your mind that we want to steal your identity). I do hope that you will be able to use the money wisely and judiciously over there in your country. we will employ you to do what you can to alleviate the level of poverty in your region and also try to enhance the standard of living of as many people as you can because that is the only objective of donating this money to you in the first place.

May the Good lord bless your heart to be a blessing to your family and your society as soon as my donation gets to you

Thank you,
Sincerely Yours,

Mr. Willie Nelson
willien35@aol.com
Cell: +442033228616

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