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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: "Mrs.Grace Solo" <mrsgracesolo09@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 12:29:22 +0100
Subject: Please use this money for the churches and charity organisation in your country


My Dearest In Christ Jesus

Please use this money for the churches and less privileged
Greetings to you and your family in the name of God.

In my search for a reliable and God fearing person and having gotten your
contact through prayers and painstaking efforts I have decided to seek your
help in carrying out my last wishes.

My name is Mrs.Grace Solo . I'm a 54 years old woman and from Benin
Republic. I was a merchant and owned two businesses in Dubai and Idia. I was
also married
with two children. My husband and two children died in a car accident a year
and half now.
Before this happened, my business and concern for making money was all I
live for. I never really cared about other values in life. But since the
loss of my family, I have found a new desire to assist helpless families,I
have been helping orphans in orphanage/motherless homes.

I have also donated some money for humanitarian needs in Sudan, South
Africa,Cameroon, Brazil, Spain, Austria, Germany and some Asian countries
like Indonesia. Only recently I saw on television the colossal loss of
properties and livelihood people in Canberra, Australia ,Indonesia,China and
USA through fire and earthquake.

I was moving with great pity and compassion that I decided to make this
contribution on assisting people over there, I kept US$45 Million United
States Dollars in a long-term deposit account in a Finance company here In
Benin Republic.

Presently, I'm in a hospital where I have been undergoing treatment for
oesophagi cancer at Bright Life Memorial Hospital Benin Republic and my
doctors have told me that I have only few months to live but am still
praying to our God Almighty in heaven for his intervention towards my health
conditions now.

It is my last wish to see this money distributed to victims of the fire
outbreak in Australia and other charity organization all over the world as
soon as you got the above fund into your care as Relatives and friends have
plundered so much of my wealth since my illness since i stay in the
hospital. I cannot live with the agony entrusting this huge responsibility
to any of them.

Please, I beg you in the name of God to help me collect the deposit and
distributes it accordingly. Use your judgment to distribute the money and
keep 15% of it to yourself.

Feel free to reimburse yourself when you have the money for any cost you
incur during the process of collecting and distributing the money. I will
also link you to my Reverend Pastor whom you will contact to help you for
any other process involve into this transaction.

Please If you are willing to help me out,reply me as soon as possible with
this E-Mail : madamgs2@myway.com or mrsgracesolo@ubbi.com

May the good lord bless you and your Family.

Regards,
Madam Grace Solo.

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