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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: Wilson Cole <wilson7cole@meta.ua>
Reply-To: wilson7cole@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2015 06:04:39 +0000
Subject: Very Important

Dearest,

My name is Wilson Cole of Wilson Solicitors (UK), before I proceed I
need to apologize for this unsolicited mail to you as this is not a
conventional way of approach to establish a relationship of trust, but
I hope you will realize the need for my action.

I have a partnership proposal for you, its regarding a deposit amount
of $18.5M (EIGHTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND U.S. DOLLARS ONLY)
belonging to a late client of mine and I want you to take over
TRUSTEESHIP of this money. I will discuss other modalities once you
response to this email. Send your response to me via email address:
wilson7cole@gmail.com and I will give you details.

I will gladly await your quick response to this email.

Best Regards
Wilson Cole


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