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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: robert wills <robertwills000@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 10:37:41 +0000
Subject: I WANT TO BUY HOUSE IN YOUR COUNTRY

Hello,

Thank you very much for your email. I want to introduce my self to you very
well. My name is Robert Wills, from Liberia but now in Ghana as a refugee.
I want to buy house in your country so that i can move and live in. I do
not want to live in Africa again.

My fathers was a very rich man in my country before he was killed by the
rebels. My late father was also a politician. My late fathers has big
Tobacco farm, and i take care of the farm. That is why i could not attend
school very well. The time my father was alive, he deposited $10millon
dollars in Ghana bank and use my name as next of kin. My father told me not
to invest in Africa because of politics matters in case of he is not around.

After the death of my father, I successfully located the money in the bank
in Ghana, where it was deposited in an Escrow account. My plan is i want to
move to your country to invest in any good business that you would suggest
and buy nice house to live in. I will give you 10% of the money if you
agree to help me to transfer the money into your care.Also help me buy the
house and you will be my front person. Am not those stupid scam on net.You
have meet real person

Please let me know if we can work together or not. Please write me back.

Thanks
Robert Wills

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