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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: Artur Piasecki <pia.cho@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 09:56:53 +0200
Subject:



Dear God's elect,

Am
glad reading your note my belove, i decided to hand you over this
money,and you should know that my contact to you is by special grace of
God, please understand me,you are not helping me no,you are working for
God the creator of heaven and earth, now hear me again I want you to
take 30 Percent of the total money for your personal use.and use 70
Percent to help orphanages, Building a Clinic school and widows to
endeavor that the house of God is maintained,i hope you will utilize
this money the way I instructed you herein. my husband died after a
brief illness that lasted for only five days.Since his death I decided
not to remarry. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of
US$8.5 million dollars in a bank in Ouagadougou the capital city of
Burkina Faso in west Africa Presently this money is still in bank
there. I am doing
this so that God will forgive my sins and accept my soul
because this sickness have suffered me so much.

However,
as soon as i receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the
bank in Burkina Faso, I will also issue you an authority letter that
will prove you the present beneficiary of this money. as you have
assured me that you will act according to my wish, what i need is for
you to forward your current full contact information,so i will submit
it to my lawyer in
Burkina Faso to enable him issue you an
authority letter that will prove you the present beneficiary of this
money in the bank,the lawyer is aware of every thing I don't need any
telephone communication in this regard because of my health, and
because of the presence of my husband's relatives around me always i
don't want them to know about this as they are not aware of the deposit
money, Fill this form below and send back to me
immediately to enable me forward it to my lawyer in Burkina Faso:
FULL
NAME.....................
ADDRESS.......................
AGE:...................................
STATUS:..............................
STATE/COUNTRY................
TEL/NUMBERS......................
OCCUPATION......................

Don't forget to always pray for me because all my hope to survive is in God the creator who holds death and life.

Hoping to receive your reply.
Mrs. Elizabeth Brown.


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