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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: DESMOND WILLIAMS <desmondwilliams735@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2020 10:18:54 -0800
Subject: Greetings

Dear Friend,

I am Mr. Desmond Williams an auditor in Credit & Debit Dept in United
Bank for Africa (UBA), Ouagadougou; Burkina Faso. I contacted you as
regards to a business proposal that will be of an immense benefit to
both of us and the less privileged ones. Being the auditing manager, I
discovered a sum of Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars [$10.5M] only in a Fixed Deposit Account belonging to one of
our foreign customers Late Mr. Moses Saba Masri. He was a Jewish
business from Mexico that died on a helicopter crash event happen in
earlier 2010. Mr. Saba was 47-years-old when both his wife, his only
son Avraham (Albert) and his daughter-in-law died in a helicopter
crash.

You can get more information's as regards to this on below website:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3832556,00.html

This will be shared 50% to me and 50% for you. Please, kindly provide
me your full contact details as l stated below:

1. Your full name.......?
2. Direct Mobile Number.....?
3. Contact Address........?
4. Sex/Age.......?
5. Marital Status.......
6. Occupation.......?
7. Country of Origin.....
8. Attached any of Your Identification Copy?..

As to enable us proceed immediately. Weave 14 working days to run this
transaction successfully. Having gone through a methodical search, I
decided to contact you hoping that you will find this proposal
interesting. Please on your confirmation of this message and
indicating your interest I will furnish you with more information's.

Your assent to this e-mail and business proposal will be highly appreciated.
Thanks, and Have a great day.
Yours Sincerely.
Mr. Desmond Williams.

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