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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: fredwilson755@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2017 21:17:54 +0100
Subject: Message From Fred Wilson

Message From Fred Wilson

Dear Friend,

I'm sorry but happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds
transferred under the cooperation of a new partner

from Vietnam, though I tried my best to involve you in the business but God
decided the whole situations. Presently I’m in

Vietnam for investment projects with my own share of the total sum. Meanwhile,
I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts

to assist me in transferring those funds and gift items despite that it failed
us some how.

Now contact my secretary in Louisiana his name is Kerry Randle on her e-mail
address below kerryrandle@outlook.com Ask him

to send you the Package which I kept for your compensation for all the past
efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter.

I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. So feel free and get in
touched with my secretary Kerry Randle and

instruct him where to send the Package to you. Please do let me know
immediately you receive it so that we can share joy after all the sufferer at
that time.


Here are the items on the Package.


Please contact Kerry Randle from united state forward your contact to
him both your delivery address with cell phone number.
Inside the laptops, you will see $100,000 each (10 laptops) making it
$1million dollars. I hid them inside the laptops so that nobody will
never you disclose to Kerry about the fund in laptops for security reason.
Email: kerryrandle@outlook.com

Item are

1) (10 laptops)
2) 10 Gold jewelries
3) (5 pieces Camcorders
4) (3 pieces iPhone 6s Plus
5) (5 iPad - Apple
6) (3 Panasonic 2016 Camcorder
7) (6 Camcorders - CNET
8) (3 Panasonic CES 2016 4K and 9) ( 1 HD Camcorders

In the moment, I’m very busy here because of the investment projects which I
and the new partner are having at hand,

Extend my greetings to your family.

My Best regards
Yours brother
Fred Wilson

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