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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: christiana.walt01@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 00:42:54 -0500 (ECT)
Subject: Beloved in Christ,

X-OBSA S.A-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-OBSA S.A-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-OBSA S.A-MailScanner-SpamCheck: spam, SpamAssassin (puntaje=9.898, requerido 6, autolearn=spam, ADVANCE_FEE_2 1.23, ADVANCE_FEE_3 1.43, ADVANCE_FEE_4 0.64, BAYES_40 -0.18, HTML_IMAGE_ONLY_32 1.78, HTML_MESSAGE 0.00, MILLION_USD 1.53, MIME_HTML_ONLY 1.46, MIME_QP_LONG_LINE 1.40, RCVD_IN_SORBS_WEB 0.62, SPF_HELO_PASS -0.00) X-OBSA S.A-MailScanner-SpamScore: sssssssss X-OBSA S.A-MailScanner-From: christiana.walt01@gmail.com X-Spam-Status: Yes Beloved in Christ,

Please use this money for the= Churches and Less Privileged in the world.

Greetings to you and you= r family in the name of God, in my search for a reliable and God fearing pe= rson and having gotten your contact through prayers and pains taking effort= s via searching i made on the internet on my bed side.

I have decid= ed to seek your help in carrying out my last wishes. My name is Mrs. Christ= iana Walter, I'm a 58 years old woman and my Country is Sierra- Leone, I wa= s a merchant and owned two businesses in Dubai, I was also married with two= children.

My husband and my two children where involved in a plane = crash in the Dec,25th Before this happened, my business and concern for mak= ing money was all I care for, I never really cared about other values in li= fe.

But since the loss of my family, I have found a new desire to a= ssist helpless families, I have been helping orphans in orphanage/motherles= s, I have also donated some money for humanitarian needs, only recently I s= aw on television the colossal loss of properties and livelihood people in C= anberra, Australia through fire.

I was moved with great pity and co= mpassion that I decided to make this contribution on assisting people over = there or any part of the world like Asia/ Europe and America that might sti= ll need any financial help, I have kept (US.6 Million) Six Million United S= tates Dollars in a long-term deposit in a Finance company in Cotonou Benin = Republic West Africa.

Presently, I'm in a hospital where I have been= undergoing treatment for Esophagi Cancer at International Memorial Hospita= l Cotonou.
 
I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors= have told me that I have only few weeks to live, It is my last wish to see= this money distributed to victims of the fire outbreak in Australia and ot= her charity organization in the World like i said, I have enclosed for you = the Current Photograph I took below Because relatives and friends have plun= dered so much of my wealth since my illness, I cannot live with the agony e= ntrusting this huge responsibility to any of them.

Please, I beg yo= u in the name of God to help me collect the deposit with the help of my Law= yer and distributes it accordingly Use your judgment to distribute the mone= y and keep 30% of it to yourself.
Again I will allow you to communicate= with the financial company directly upon the receipt of your reply because= I want this project to be completed before the end of this month before I = die according to the Doctor.
 
Please if you are willing to hel= p,  reply by including;
 1. Your Full Name;
 2. Phon= e number
 3. Age:
 4. Occupation
 
I am waitin= g for your response immediately,

God Bless you,
Madam Christiana = Walter

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