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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- princejesse50@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Prince Jesse" <princejesse@pobox.sk>
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:53:29 +0200
Subject: HELP PRINCE JESSE WILLIAMS.
Prince Jesse Williams.
Princesse Liliane Williams.
Dear friend,
Please attend to my plea and my proposal to you , my name is Prince Jesse Williams i am about twenty Eighty years(28) old boy i attended queen of immaculate conception enugu
 siarra leone west africa(W.A) and my sister Princesse Liliane Williams she is a girl of twenty two years old(22),she also attended the same school with me .
We are children of His Royal Highness King John Williams and Lolo Elizabeth Williams we ran away from our owne town enugu siarra leone to Cote d' ivore and nationalise, when people of enugu found him guilty and disagreed that he can't rule again as a king of the town and they are looking for him everywhere to kill.
My motive of writing this proposal to you is that we are in critical problem in this country cote'd ivore our father died in his owen house on (21-2-2008) because he was seriously illed and before he died he called me personally and told me that he has tired for this illness that i should be careful that he deposited sum of ten million five hundred dollars(10.5mD) in the bank here in cote'divore in case anything occurs that i can use the money to secure the family and when he finished saying then he breathed to the last and deid.
After he died our mother also died in plain clash(1-5-2010 where she was travling to south africa please we are seriously need your help in this country there is political crisis here in cote d'ivore as of now we are in refugee camp where our pastor take us to we need a trustwhorthy person like who would help and come out and stand as a foreign business partner of our father then you would introduce your self and explaination after that the management and the staff of the bank will carry out their duty concerning this legal transaction.
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Now you have to send all your necessary infromation concerning the transfering of fund in to your account numbers .
Your passport.
A copy of your pictures.
Single or married.
Home address.
This is what we need from you so that unable them to transfer the fund in to your destinated account after the tranfering of the money to your account ten million five houndred dollars(10.5mD)w'll now prepair how we should come and meet you over there to invest the money and also complete our education that is all.you can reply through alternative email address here is the email (princejesse50@yahoo.com)
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Thanks.
Yours sincerely.
Prince jesse Williams.
Princess liliane Williams.
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