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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. Rose Theresa Williams" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrstrwilliams@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2016 11:03:05 -0700
Subject: My name is Mrs. Rose Theresa Williams

Dear Sir/Madam


My name is Mrs. Rose Theresa Williams , I am a widow and have been diagnosed of Cancer of which am in the hospital right now. I want to donate a huge sum of US$15.5m{Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars} to charity and God's work.

I need your help as I do not have a child to inherit it.I want your honesty to carry out this project.

If your willing to assist process the said fund into your account and utilize it for God's work as i wished Send the following informations.

1,Full Name And Address
2,Telephone and mobile Number
3,Age
4,Occupation.
5 Country.

Until I hear from you, my future plans rest on your shoulders.

Mrs.Rose Theresa Williams
mrstrwilliams@gmail.com

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