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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: "Info" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kossi.williamtg@foxmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 21:05:51 +1100
Subject: How are you?

I have sent you this message earlier, but your failure to respond has prompted me to re-sending it once again. My name is William from Togo I am Ecowas Chairman of Republic of Togo and I have proposal for you,I want you to help me to claim the sum of 32,000,000.00 in to your account for the benefit of both of us and our family. Kindly get back to me soon for more explanation on how we will proceed.

My Private Email is kossiwilliamtg@yandex.com

Looking forward to hear from you,
Thanks and remain blessed,
Regards,
William.

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