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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: Maryanna Williams <anita_zigarr2@att.net>
Reply-To: maryannawilliams38@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:09:51 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Hello


Dearest One









































































     Good afternoon to you, l deem it fit to contact you today based on
your profile which l saw today in my private search, when l was looking
for some one who l will in-trust my future living under his/her care for
a better living of mine, please bear with me i will really like to have
a good relationship with you, and i have a special reason why i decided
to contact you, I decided to contact you based on the urgency of my
situation here today.









































































My name is Ms.Maryanna Williams  . l am a single lady, of 24 years old,
the daughter of Late Mr.Jude Williams, my late father was a successful
business man during his day's, it is sad for me to inform you that l
lost my father in a motor accident on the 14th of November, 2006. during
the time he was returning from a business trip from Williams, Michigan
to Ohio (USA), dear, after four months l lost my beloved father, his
second wife killed my mother so that she and his children will inherit
all what my father left for









































































all of us.









































































Meanwhile after my fathers second wife poisoned my mother to death, I
wanted to escape to any where l can be accepted since she's also after
my own life and no where is safe for me to stay with her and his
children, but she went and hid away my international passport and other
valuable traveling documents which I'm suppose to travel with.









































































 luckily for me as God have his own plans for my life, she couldn't
discover where I kept my fathers file which contains important documents
of his deposited money of US$9,700,000.00.which my father used my name
to deposit with one of the leading financial bank.









































































So after then, since l have no where to run to, I decided to run to the
refugee camp here, where l am today by the grace of God,presently
seeking asylum under the United Nations High Commission for the Refugees
and Now I am out seeking for your humble assistance for a long term
business relationship between us in your Country which l would like you
to invest my inherited money for me in any lucrative moving business in
your country for my future living under your care and control.









































































However, l wish to stop here for now as l have no much time to explain
all the details to you as l wish, but please dear, as soon as l hear
from you soon showing your interest and acceptance to assist me as l
really need your









































































help to me now and l am waiting so that l shall send you my pictures and
forward all vital information's to you for your confirmation to help me
out.









































































Thanks,









































































Yours Sincerely









































































Ms.Maryanna Willams.

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