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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: "Mr. Williams David" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <genwilliamswace@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2017 02:03:13 -0700
Subject: Kind regards

Attention Needed,
My name is Williams David, spokesman and a close confidant to the Rockefeller family - one of the richest families in the United States of America. I have the documents covering the sum of £25,000,000.00 (twenty-five million British pounds) belonging to Dr. Richard Rockefeller who died in a jet crash on June 13, 2014.
This money is deposited with a bank in Great Britain for hospital establishment and to build a charity organization in the name of Dr. Richard, I and Dr. David were the only witnesses to this, and now that he is dead, I need you to partner with me and receive this money to execute these projects.
I will give you more details when I get your response to my proposal. In the meantime, you can read through the link below for information about Dr. Richard and the entire Rockefeller family history.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/14/nyregion/richard-rockefeller-killed-in-new-york-plane-crash.html?_r=0
My Email Contact: (genwilliamswace@yahoo.co.jp)
Kind regards,
Mr. Williams David.

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