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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: Williams Eze <williamseze2@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: williamseze76@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 09:31:41 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CRUD OIL FOR SOLE



Dear Beloved Friend, Sincere Request:
is my pleasure for writing you this letter, hope
you are fine? I want to use this opportunity to
introduce my self well to you, I am MR prince
williams eze the fast son of his royal highness
Nana eze in oron community in Nigeria. our
royal family isentitle to some% of the total
Oil mined in my community oron .so I have In
stock 4,70 BARREL OF CRUD OIL FOR SOLE Please
IF YOU AER INTERSTD kindly reply me IF YOU can't
buy the CRUD OIL but you can link me up with a buyer,i'
Am willing to give you some commission for getting
me a buyer Please reply for More Details, and get
back to me with your phone number for more conversation,
Thanks. and God Bless.
Regards
PRINCE williams eze
CRUD OIL FOR SOLE

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