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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: STEVENS MARIA <maria.stevens48@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: maria.stevensb@btinternet.com
Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 15:28:09 +0200
Subject: My Beloved Friend










Let me first of all inform you that I got your email address from an email
directory and I was motivated to mail you for a Good assistance.  Please I
humbly request for your permission to go ahead so as to ensure this contact
does not offend you in any way.  My name is Maria Stevens (Mrs.) from United
Kingdom, married to Dr.Michael Stevens who worked with Texaco/ Oil Company in
United Kingdom before he died On the 23rd day of August 2000, my husband and
three of his colleagues were among the victims of Gulf Air Flight that Crashed
into Persian Gulf near Bahrain Aired Aug5st 23, 2000 -2:50 p.m. ET as reported
on
Cable Network News (CNN). Since his death I decided not to re-marry and
presently I am 58 Years old. When my late husband was alive he deposited the
sum of £14,500,000.00 with a bank Namely (Lloyds Banking Group Plc).


Mostly, I will consult my late husband lawyer who happened to be a ( Government
Accredited Attorney) well known here in United Kingdom to assist you out here
in this fund transfer process, till the said fund goes into your destination
account which you must provide to the bank as they required it from you. For
your information, This transaction is totally free of risk and troubles as the
fund is legitimate and does not originate from drug, money laundry, terrorism
or any other illegal act. But the fund was made from real source by my late
husband, before he deposited in it in the Lloyds Banking Group Plc.  According
to the banking laws and regulation in United Kingdom, if the fund remains
unclaimed for six (5) years then, the fund will be transferred into the reserve
bank as unclaimed bill. The need to move out this money arose when the Prime
Minister Gordon Brown said that some of the money held in dormant accounts
would be used to fund youth and community projects for you can confirm this in
the website below. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4017381.stm


presently this money is still with the bank and the management just wrote me as
the beneficiary to come forward to receive this funds or present any family
member or friend to them to receive this funds on my behalf. I cannot do this
myself because I am presently in a hospital where I have being undergoing
treatment for cancer of the lungs, I have being in this hospital for the past
four years and I have since lost my ability to talk. My doctors have told me
that I have only a few months to live so I think the best thing to do  is to
use this funds to help the less privileged and Motherless homes in the society.
I intended using my late husband family for this project, but the truth is that
they are not inclined in helping the poor ones and I know they will spend this
money in ungodly ways so for this reason i decided to look for a trustworthy
person or family that I can trust and present to the bank as my beneficiary so
that the person will receive this funds and utilize 65% of this money to fund
churches, orphanages and widows.

I know that I may fall into the hand of a cheat, but i have prayed about this
and I believe this is the way God wants it to be done. As soon as I receive
your reply I shall give you the  contact details of the bank. I will also
issue you a letter of authority which will  prove that I really sent you to
take possession of this fund.  Please assure me  that you will act accordingly
as I stated herein and keep this contact confidential 
till such a time this funds get to your custody. This is to ensure that nothing
jeopardizes this project which has always being my heart desire to help the
poor ones. I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance in this regard by
entrusting this investment fund in your care. Now permit me to ask these few
questions:-

(1) Can I completely trust you?

(2) I am ready to offer you 35% of the total amount (£14,500,000.00).

I hope it is acceptable by you? Please, consider this and get back to 
me as soon as possible for more details.

This business will be completed within 10 Banking days from the date of the
receipt of your response. What I need from you now to get this business started
is the detailed account information where you want the money to be transferred
so that I will apply for the Release of the fund according to the Inheritance
procedure.  Please in my next reply to you. I will send you my first major
operation Picture, and his burial ceremony pictures here in London.

Thank you so much and Remain Blessed.

Best Regards,

Mrs. Maria Stevens {The widow)

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