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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: has_dan01@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 12:49:51 +0100
Subject: Urgent Help needed...15million children project..read and reply me

My DEAR BELOVED,
How are you, i am Mrs Hassan Dandado i need to pass this urgent
information
to you as i have just been told by my doctor that i will be going for an
urgent operation which he says will be a 50 to 50 chance of me living, my
beloved i want you to know that i am old and i am 78 years old, as i am
writting this email i am very ill and i suffer of a stroke and a heart
problem
which effected my mouth and my right leg keeping me sitting on a weel chair,
i must tell you that this information about the operation of transplanting
of my full heart just came to me as a surpise and so i had to open up this
great sercet off mine to an honest and trusted person with the fear of
the Lord in his heart to handle this great project of of the Lord for
children
and as well as the needy.....


Well my Beloved i am a woman with out a child and i also lost my loveing
husband 2 years ago, this was part of the problems in my life that must
have kept me on this conidition because i think too very much, well i want
you to know that even with all the Money that i have i could not still have
a child to call my own, well i would want to use my funds which i had
deposited
in a company since the year 2002...... i had this money deposited at that
year i lost my husband because i wanted to secure our property and that
is a lot of money, my beloved i am talking about 15million u.s.dollars it
is now in a security company were i know is safe because i did
not let the
company know the contain of the box which i deposited with them i told the
company that the box was contained with gold bars and they do not know that
the box is contained with 15million dollars.My beloved i really need you
to help me on this project because i belive that you will be capable and
since you are from the overseas you will have a very good idea to have good
buildings of churches and daycares for needy children and as well good ideas
of management of the funds when it gets over to you, please i really need
you not to be surpised at this urgent information because i myself have
never told any one about this, but it is because of the information i got
from the doctor that makes me to open up now to you..... it will not be
fair on the children and the needy if i die and that money is left over
in that company without it given to the charity but i look up to you to
help me handle the project....

I am not to strong to write more words now i will need you to get back
to me if you will be handleing this project for me, i want you to write
me back so that i can give to you the full details on how you will recieve
the funds for this wonderful project of the Lord for children
and the
needy.....
My beloved i want you to reply me and let me know.....and please i want
you to put me in your prayers as well.
Remain Blessed My Beloved

Hassan Dando....Mrs....



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