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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: maria_jones01@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:15:13 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Greetings?=

Dear friend,
Greetings.
I am Mrs. Mary J.Gustav,a widow to Late Mr.Johnson Gustav from Cologne
Germany who died on the ill fated concorde aircraft accident . bbcnews
report:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
.
I am 64 years old suffering from long time cancer of the breast in a
london hospital. From all indications my condition is really deteriorating
and
it's quite obvious that I won't live more than Six months according to
my doctors.

This is because the damage the cancer has done to me is very bad . My
late husband and i during the period of our blissful marriage we couldn't
produce any child of our own. My late husband was very wealthy and after
his death, I inherited all his business/Gold minning company in Ghana
West Africa.
The doctor has advised me that I may not live for more than Six months
but I believe God for a miracle and that it is only by the power of God
that can determine my life span, so I now decided to divide part of
this wealth, to contribute to the development of the less privileged and
poor in Africa, America, Asia and Europe.
I selected you after visiting the website and I prayed the over it, I
am willing to donate the sum of $15.000,000.00 Million U.S Dollars to you
for the less-privileged. Please I want you to note that, this fund is lying
in a security Firm and upon my instruction, you will file in an
application for change of ownership of the money in your name.
Lastly, I honestly pray that this money when released will be used for
the said purpose, and not other wise If you are interested kindly
contact me through my private email I am going to link you up with my lawyer
who will handle the paper works for you incase if you are interested.
May God be with you and your family. I await your response to my lawyer
at once.
Regards and God Bless.
Mrs. Maria Johnson Gutav
Reply to my private email address;maryjgustav@yahoo.com






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