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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: williams <mrsestherwilliamss@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2012 11:39:10 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Please my Dear I am mrs Esther Williams from Sierra Leone



Please my Dear I am mrs Esther Williams from Sierra Leone,





Assalamu alaikum , I am mrs Esther Williams from Sierra Leone, and my late husband was a former top government official in Burkina Faso. I have a serious issue that I want to share with you, and i will need your help. As I told you before that my late husband is a former top government official, a conspiracy was set against his political career, with what I understand he has a serious problems with Mr President because of an allegation of missing of public funds during his administration in the office as a minister.







our properties and bank accounts in Sierra Leone and outside Sierra Leone has been frozen by Mr. President and i have been Charged to court. I don't know if i will be jailed if found convicted, because in my country, the judiciary is very corrupt, so justice is perverted and as such one should expect the worst violation of human right and justice.But my lawyer is doing his best so that I don't get sentenced to Jail.







Please i need your help to keep an amount of 15 million dollars which is in security company and it was deposited by my late husband but it is not from the government sponsor it is from our bottle water company which I and my late husband billed together before he gat a government work, that is now presently in a financial institution in Burkina Faso which nobody knows about. If you accept to invest and keep this money, you can take 5 million dollars for yourself. This is better for me, rather than my president should find out to take all the money.







I am happy because the money does not have any trace because all original documents was not found in my residence in Sierra Leone. if This money released to you within a splice of weeks can you be enable to receive it , please can you receive this money without any problem from your government, confirm your telephone numbers and home/office

address for discussion.



Thanks inshaallah

Mrs.Esther williams

please dear i will like you to reply with this ?

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