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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 DANNY DEBAROSS <mrs.dannydebarossqq@mail.md>
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:54:44 +0100
Subject: I NEED YOUR HELP....



=A0FORM MRS DANNY DEBAROSS,
5th Floor Cannon Bridge House
25 Dowgate Hill London
EC4R2SB, England
United Kingdom.Saturday,=A0July=A010=A02010=A0=A0
/_Dear :Sir / Madam _/=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 _=A0I NEED =20
YOUR HELP_MY NAME IS MRS.DANNY DEBAROSS, I AM A CHRISTIAN DYING WOMAN =20
WHO HAVE DECIDED TO DONATE WHAT I HAVE TO YOU / CHURCH. I AM 51 YEARS =20
OLD AND I WAS DIAGNOSED FOR CANCER FOR ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO, IMMEDIATELY =20
AFTER THE DEATH OF MY HUSBAND, WHO HAS LEFT ME EVERYTHING HE WORKED =20
FOR.I HAVE BEEN TOUCHED BY GOD TO DONATE FROM WHAT I HAVE INHERITED =20
FROM MY LATE HUSBAND TO YOU FOR THE GOOD WORK OF GOD, RATHER THAN =20
ALLOW MY RELATIVES TO USE MY HUSBAND HARD EARNED FUNDS UNGODLY.=A0
Please pray, that the good Lord forgive me my sins. I have asked God =20
to forgive me and I believe he has because He is a merciful God. I =20
will be going in for an operation within the next few days.I decided =20
to WILL/donate the sum of US$6,500,000.00 (Six million, five hundred =20
thousand dollars) to you for the good work of the Lord, and also to =20
help the motherless and less privilege and also for the assistance of =20
the widows.At the moment I cannot take any telephone calls right now =20
due to the fact that my relatives are around me and my health =20
status.=A0=A0I AM ADJUSTING MY WILL AND MY FAMILY FINANCIAL CONSULTANT IS =
=20
AWARE I AM CHANGING MY WILL AND THEY WILL ARRANGE THE TRANSFER OF THE =20
FUNDS TO YOU .I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST AND MAY THE GOOD LORD BLESS YOU =20
ABUNDANTLY, AND PLEASE USE THE FUNDS WELL AND ALWAYS EXTEND THE GOOD =20
WORK TO OTHERS.CONTACT MY FAMILY ATTORNEY,=A0BARRISTER ANTHONY WILLIMAS,
Email-=A0 barrister.anthony.williams@mail.md[1]MOBILE NUMBER =20
+4470319975001.=A0CONFIRM TO HIM YOUR FULL NAME WITH YOUR TELEPHONE =20
NUMBER ALSO TELL HIM THAT I HAVE WILLED (US$6,500,000.00) TO YOU BY =20
QUOTING MY PERSONAL REFERENCE NUMBER: FIN/DB/DANY /UK/WILL/0007433384 =20
AND I HAVE ALSO NOTIFIED HIM THAT I AM WILLING THAT AMOUNT TO YOU FOR =20
A SPECIFIC AND GOOD WORK. I KNOW I DON'T KNOW YOU BUT I HAVE BEEN =20
DIRECTED TO DO THIS. THANKS AND GOD BLESS.NB: I WILL APPRECIATE YOUR =20
UTMOST CONFIDENTIALITY IN THIS MATTER UNTIL THE TASK IS ACCOMPLISHED =20
AS I DON'T WANT ANYTHING THAT WILL JEOPARDIZE MY LAST WISH. AND ALSO I =20
WILL BE CONTACTING WITH YOU BY EMAIL AS I DON'T WANT MY RELATION OR =20
ANYBODY TO KNOW BECAUSE THEY ARE ALWAYS AROUND ME.KINDLY GET BACK TO =20
ME WITH MY PRIVATE EMAIL ID: danny.debarossq@yahoo.co.uk , FOR AN =20
URGENT INFORMATION IMMEDIATELY YOU HEAR FROM MY FAMILY ATTORNEY.=A0
Yours faithful,=A0MRS DANNY DEBAROSS
Email Id: danny.debarossq@yahoo.co.uk5th Floor Cannon Bridge House
25 Dowgate Hill London
EC4R2SB, England
United Kingdom.


Links:
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[1] http://ca.mc653.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=3Dbarristerdanmobutuq@mail.=
md


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