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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: PA Williams <personal.assistant36@walla.co.il>
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2017 12:37:09 +0200
Subject: YOU ARE SINCERELY NEEDED

 
 Hello, greetings to you and your family my name is Allen Williams,   Personal Assistant to Lord Hart of Chilton a Member of  House of Lords, UK Parliament. who died on the 3rd Aug. 2017.
Am a born-again christian and a junior Pastor in my church. I am contacting you in good faith for a proposal which will be of mutual benefit to us.
 after the death of my boss i discovered a huge amount of money in the tune of US$68,000.000.00-[Sixty Eight Million United state dollars} floating in a vault, unknown to anyone but me. 
 
i need you to help me receive this money to any safe foreign account of your choice. and help me invest it for my family.in your country.
if you agree to help me receive this money, you will be compensated with 30% of the total amount
if you are interested in this business investment proposal and can be trusted, for further briefing and details Contact me back via my personal email 
 
 
 PLEASE NOTE;  if you click the reply button i wont get your email, this email address is configured not to get replies for confidential reasons. you can only send your reply to my personal email;
 
 
kindly send me the following details for documentation purposes;
YOUR FULL NAMES
ADDRESS
AGE
OCCUPATION AND POSITION HELD
PHONE NUMBER.
 
I look forward to hearing from you.
God bless you
 
 
 
Allen Williams
Personal Assitant to Lord Hart of Chilton
EMAIL; allenwilliamsgold@gmail.com

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