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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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Fraud email example:

From: vivian_williams2@terra.com.mx
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 12:41:32 +0100
Subject: GOOD DAY

From: Mrs. Vivian Williams
Abidjan Cote d`Ivoire.
Email:vivian_w2004@yahoo.fr



PRIVATE AND HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL

Dearest One,

Greetings. I know you will be surprised to read From me, but please this
letter is a business request from me in dire need of urgent assistance.
Meanwhile, I am Vivian Williams from Angola. The wife Of Brigadier Edward
Willaiams communicating to you from cote d?ivoire.

However,I got your contact information when I was carrying out a serious
search for a honest and reliable foreign partner who can handle this transaction
for our mutual benefit and joint venture business which I have found in
you based on the sincere recommendation made about you being a very competent
and successful business minded person one can do trust worthy business with
by the above-mentioned source.

And I decided to solicit for your assistance to stand in as our nominated
Foreign Partner and collect the sum of $21.4million ( twenty one Million
four hundred thousand United States Dollars),inherited from my late husban(who
died in the civil war in Angola).

Before my husbands death, he was the Brigadier in charge of arms, ammunition
procurement for the Angolan Army. In his quote He specifically draw my attention
to the $ 21.4 million (twenty one million four hundred thousand UsDollars),
which he deposited in a safe box with a Security and safe deposit Company
in Abidjan cote d?ivoire in Africa.

In fact I quote the message to you: my wife, I wish to draw your attention
to the USD 21.4m (twenty one Million four hundred thousand Dollars),I deposited
as "ART WORKS" belonging to a foreign partner. During the war, I was very
dedicated and committed to winning the war against the rebels until I found
out that Senior Army Officers and Government Functionaries were busy helping
themselves with Government funds and properties, sending them to foreign
countries.

Due to this, when I and the former Special Adviser to the President were
assigned by President Jose Eduardo Santos to Purchase arms in France, we
saw this as a golden opportunity to divert the money. And so when we shared
the money,I got a total sum of USD 21.4million.

In case of my absence on earth as a result of death, you alone should solicit
for the assistance of a competent and sincere foreign partner, to assist
you to collect and transfer this money out of Abidjan for an investment
purpose for the family future survival.I deposited the trunk box in a security
and safe deposit company in favour of a foreign partner who alone can claim
it from the security company with my son as the next of kin with the deposited
code. Take good care of our kids, Do not disappoint me this is the agreement
certificate and deposit documents and key to the trunk box. Bye for now!

>From this word of my late husband, you will realize that the lives and the
future of my entire family depends on this Funds. As such, I will be grateful,
if you can assist me to evacuate this fund out of Abidjan I am presently
living in Abidjan coted?Ivoire, on Political Asylum status. And the financial
laws and regulations of Abidjan do not confer on us with certain financial
rights. In view of this, therefore I cannot invest this fund in Abidjan.

Hence,it is in this aspect that I seek your assistance and the assistance
is very urgent needed by me for the consignment had at the moment start
accruen Demurrage for it's Deposit period had recently Expire.If you will
accept to assist me,for your effort,I am prepared to offer you 15% of the
total funds while 5% will be set a side for expenses incurred in the course
of this transaction. Take note also that, this transaction is 100% risk-free
and that the major thing I demand from you is to assure me trust and the
safety of this money when it finally gets to you.

Further information and arrangement will commence as soon as trust, confidence
and good relationship is established. I shall be most grateful and appreciative
if you could maintain confidentiality in this matter.

Please Kindly confirm your acceptance of this Request so that we can discuss
the modalities of seeing this transaction through. I count on you greatly
for your assistance.

I wait for your favourable responce.

Regards,

Vivian Williams.


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