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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: "MR.GRAHAM WILLIAMS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <grahamwilliams222@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 12:46:37 +0300
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL

MY NAME IS MR.GRAHAM WILLIAMS A CITIZEN OF NIGERIA NORTHERN PART.
I AM INTERESTED TO INVEST IN YOUR COUNTRY WITH SUM OF $25.6MILLION AND THE MONEY BELONG TO MY LATE FATHER GRAHAM.

HERE IN NIGERIA THE ECONOMY IS NOT ENCOURAGING. HOWEVER, I WILL LIKE YOU TO TELL ME HOW IS YOUR COUNTRY ECONOMY AND WHAT CAN WE INVEST THIS MONEY ON IN YOUR COUNTRY.

FURTHERMORE, THIS FUNDS WILL BE SPLIT 10% WILL BE PUT OUT FROM THE TOTAL FUNDS FOR ANY EXPENSES THAT COMES IN LOCAL OR INTERNATIONAL WHILE 50% OF THE FUNDS SHALL BE USED FOR INVESTMENT THEN 3O% FOR YOU THE REMAINING 10% WILL BE KEPT FOR ME UNTIL I ARRIVE AT YOUR COUNTRY IF YOU ARE INTERESTED GET BACK TO ME THROUGT THIS EMAIL. grahamwilliams222@hotmail.com

BEST REGARDS

MR.GRAHAM WILLIAMS.

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