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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: Sandra William <sandra_william06@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: sandra_william06@yahoo.fr
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:03:41 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Hello Dear,




Hello Dear,



Please accept my apology for barging this message into your mail box without any formal introduction as we don’t know each other before. With due respect to your person and much sincerity of purpose, Please I want you to read this letter very carefully so you can understand my reasons of sending this message to you.



My name is Miss Sandra William the only daughter of my late parents Mr. /Mrs. Johnson William. My father was a great famer and cocoa merchant here in West Africa. He acquired a very large cacao plantation in Ivory Coast during his days. It is sad to say that he passed away mysteriously in France during one of his business trips; though his sudden death was linked or rather suspected to have been masterminded by my uncle who travelled with him at that time, but God knows the truth.



My mother died when I was just 4 years old, and since then my father took me so special because I am his only child. Before his death he called his secretary who accompanied him to the hospital and told him that he made a fix deposit of a huge amount of money with a prime bank here in Abidjan, and he made me the next of kin of the fund as his only Daughter.



Now, I humbly solicit your assistance to assist me in the following ways:



(1) To provide a bank account in which this money would be transferred into

(2) To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am only 23 years old.

(3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to secure a resident permit in your country.

There is no risk involved; the transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of law.



If you agreed to help me kindly reply me on this email address: (sandra_william06@yahoo.fr) so that I can give you more details.



The death of my father actually brought sorrow to my life. Now I really need a trustworthy someone who will serve as my guardian and to manage the funds for me.



My sincere regards,

Miss Sandra William

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