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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: "David Williams" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <citibank0@qq.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 23:00:54 -0700
Subject: Dear Sir/Madam

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I am Mrs  Joanne Eriksson  from Sweden. I was married to Late  Johnston Eriksson  .The CEO Veekrol Link Ltd London United  Kingdom,a seasoned contractor in

 

England. He died on Monday, 31 July,2009 in Paris. We were married for eleven years without a child.

 

After his death I decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home.When my late husband was alive,he deposited the sum of 7.5 Million

 

Dollars  in a bank as a security deposit in England,which is now wasting there

 

My Doctor told me that I would not last for the next three months due to cancer problem.

As soon as I receive your reply I  shall give you the contact of the Bank, for them to process the and  transfer the funds to you.

 

Yours sincerely,

Mrs Joanne Eriksson

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