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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Rose Williams <rosewilliams6@t-online.de>
Reply-To: "rosewillians@naver.com" <rosewillians@naver.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2018 11:18:15 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Dear Friend I Need Your Help Please
Dear beloved
I am contacting you today because is true that we do not have contact
before.I know it may have sounded pretty strange for you on why I contact
you as you are a complete stranger to me and I must tell you this, I
contacted you for the simple reason that we do not know each other as it
would be very difficult for me to contact anybody here who knows me very
well for this purpose as I may stand the risk and chances of being cheated
because the person would have known my background and weaknesses and that
is why I decided to contact a complete stranger.
Please accept my unreserved apology I intend no insult or harm. My name is
Miss Rose Williams . I am 17 years old. I have a proposal which I am
convinced within me that you can handle it.
I lost my father two years ago during his kidney transplant and surgery.
Before His death.he told me about fix deposite of Four million nine
hundred and fifty thousand (4,950,000)Dollas he made with one of Bank here
I am pleading with you to be my guardian and help me proclaim the said
funds from the Bank and invest it wisely for me while I will continue my
education in your country because my late father always tells me that
education is the key to success in life.
please do everything humanly possible to help me continue my education.Help
me get the funds out from the Bank and invest it for me Please kindly
accept me like your biological daughter
And i will really appreciate your help, respect you and follow your advice.
Yours sincerely,
Rose Williams

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