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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: "Williams Fayola" (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 04:52:03 +0100
Subject: Re: Thanks

Dear Esteemed & Confidential,
Its my pleasure to meet you and I pray that this shall bring about a long lasting business relationship.
My name is Fayola Williams; a policy analyst based in United Kingdom.  I have a close friend who is Angolan national.  We have been   friends for over a decade; he was in the political struggle in Angola and in the course of time he acquired a reasonable sum of money through some illicit mining of diamonds in his ancestral land in their village with collaboration of some foreigners in the Southern African corridors.
In the process, he made a huge savings of US$9.8M (Nine Million Eight hundred thousand US dollar only) which were deposited quietly in the Republic of Botswana for fear of confiscation by the government.
Now there has been relative calm in Angola since peace was brokered among the warring factions and normal democratic principles taking root in the Country, however, there is a new twist in the governance   with the firm grip on power by the government of João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, the current President and Commander In-Chief of the Angolan Armed Forces who was before his current status, the former Defense Minister. He has threatened to probe all previous political struggles in Angola to determine the root causes and also sources of funding to the groups and their leaders.
It is based on this assertion that alerted my good friend to ask me to search for a credible and capable foreign partner who has the influence to claim the fund and invest it into good ventures with viable returns to avoid confiscation by the Angolan government. You shall be responsible to sort out the administrative requirements to move the funds to your designated bank account overseas.    
Hence, I solicit your kind consideration for a good and confidential partnership. Please confirm in your reply to my message, if you are able to work with us and stand to claim the fund as co-owner as all the documentations related to the deposit shall be made available for you,  a handsome reward is attracted to the offer.
I look forward to read from you.
Best Regards,
Williams Fayola

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