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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: "Wilson Victor" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <willsonvictor1011@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2015 09:29:09 -0800
Subject: Hi, Good Morning.

Hi, Good Morning.

I know this revelation will keep you wondering why should I trust you with this information's I am about to reveal to you or if what I am saying is the true, especially with the high level of internet scam mails that is going through all over the world today. Please I need you to trust and believe me if you can as I want you to make out time and read this mail attentively in order to understand the reason why I am sending you this mail.

I am Willson Victor, I am 20 years of age, the only child of my parent, Mr and Mrs Ernest Victor, My parent were Natives of Ivory Coast before they migrated to the United States when I was just 4 year old.

We lived at No 215 West Wieuca Road Northeast Atlanta, Georgia USA and I attended the famous Frederick Douglass High School northwest Atlanta, Georgia USA, but at a time my mother fell sick and she later died on June 2008, My father become’s weak every day and later fell sick, and am quite sure it was the shock of my mum's sudden death that deteriorated his health.

My father later retired from his office, Fidelity National Insurance Company at No 200 Galleria Parkway Southeast Atlanta GA 30339 USA October 2010, from there we moved to New York City because of my dad medication.

On December 2008 my father called me and told that he doesn't want to die in a foreign land, that he has made enough money, he felt that the best thing he should do now is for us to relocate back to his home country COTE D'lVOIRE to enable him set up his own Insurance company and give job opportunities to his people and he also told me that he want me to learn about his people and their cultures.,on the 14th of December 2008 we returned back to COTE D'lVOIRE.

Then after some time my dad started to look for properties to buy for his office, in several occasions I went out with him to inspect some properties, but unfortunately on the 22nd of February 2010 my father collapsed and later died in the hospital here.

Why am revealing you all this information’s is because my life in danger and I knew that your stranger of which you can help me out!!! The reason why I am detailing you the secret my family's is because my late dad's burial is over and my Uncles are now searching everywhere to locate the deposit documents that my later father used in depositing his money in the bank here when his sickness became serious.

But they doesn't know that I have hided the documents in a safe place outside the house where they cannot find them based on my father advise to me on his sick bed before his die. This secret has been in my mind for years now and I don't even know who to reveal this information to because I need someone to help me receive this money to enable me leave here peacefully. This is the reason why I contacted you to help me received the money in your account.

I believe you know that you will provide me with all of your information, which I will be submitting to the bank here and introduce you to the bank for the transfer of the money out from the bank here, I will arrange my traveling document and take flight to join you once you confirm to me that you have received the money in your account.

I have thought about it and I came to the conclusion that this is the only way I can get the money out of here without my uncles knowing about it.

If you have the fear of God Almighty and believe that you can help me please respond to this mail with your direct telephone number and also try to call me for more details: +22559194850.

I want you to know that I have passed across many people with many different profiles before I contacted you and when I did, my heart and the spirit of God dwelling inside me asked me to have confident and trust in you.

God bless you as I look forward in meeting you soon

Thanks,
Willson Victor
willsonvictor1011@gmail.com

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