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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 Victoria Reto Williams" (may be fake)
Reply-To: < victoriawilliamsrato@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2018 05:59:12 -0700
Subject: Good Morning From Mrs Victoria.

Hello, Good Morning From Kabul, My name is Mrs, Victoria Rato Williams  I am single woman of 57 years of age , I hope all is well   with you? I am a surgeon doctor in the US Army who works with the  United Nations peace keeping troops in Afghanistan and  Iraq, the war against terrorist. I have in my possession the sum of $ 5.6 million dollars I made here in  Afghanistan. during every wars their is always treasures been discovered and in this case from the desk of the united nation troops in afghanistan and iraq are been paid with some of those money and treasures discovered in this war against terrorist.
I deposited this money with an agent of the Red Cross  in Madrid Spain, because of the law of the United Nations. I want my stand as beneficiary to receive the fund  and keep it  safe because of the re elections going on in spain about cataluyan problems and also the new government coming in by next january, it was an advice from the red cross diplomat. I want  you to help  me   and keep  the money in your savings account so that as  soon as they are through  with my mission here in afghanistan in january I will come to you so we can meet in person and  get to know each other.
I’ll   give you 50% of the total money for your assistance after you receive the money. I will like to hear from you as soon as possible, if you are willing to work with me so that I can send you the Red Cross Deplomate information on which is going to help us to deliver the money to you and also help us with the paper works.Your urgent response is highly necessary.
Best Regards
Mrs Victoria Rato Williams
E-mail:  victoriawilliamsrato@gmail.com

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