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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: cynthia lug <cynthialug_1001@hotmail.fr>
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:19:13 +0100 (BST)
Subject: My Dear Good Friend,


My Dear Good Friend,
 

I crave your indulgence at this mail coming from somebody like me, whom you
do not know before. I decided to do this after praying over my present
situation. You should please consider the transaction on its content and not the
fact that you have not known me before. I need not dwell on how I came by your
contact information because there are many such possibilities these days. I
would like to introduce myself as MRS CYNTHIA LUG, from Republic of Benin in
West Africa, a widow to Late MR.DAVID LUG, a former Consular of the Benin
Embassy.

 

I have recently been diagnosed of Cancer of the Pelvic and attending my
medical treatment at St Victoria Private Clinic here in Benin Republic. I am
writing to you now from my sick bed because of how this transfer is urgent to
me. There is US$18.5 (Eighteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United State
Dollars) my husband has in an account with the AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK here in
Cotonou-Benin Republic, of which I am the next of kin.

 

With my health condition and because my husband and I have no children, I
am looking for a credible person that will not betrayed me whom i will pass the
right of next of kin. This person will apply to the bank and request for an
immediate release of the fund to his/her bank account. This is on the condition
that you will take only 30% of the fund for yourself, 10% used for expenses,
while you will use the remaining 60% for the less privilege people in the
society.

 

I will issue you my late husband STANDING ORDER WILL which he wrote and
deposited a copy to the bank before he died which my appointed next of kin have
to present a copy to the bank as the real appointed person before the bank will
release the fund into his account, which i promise to issue you a copy of the
STANDING ORDER WILL to proceed for the release of the fund, not only that, my
late husband have already prepared all the necessary document which are needed
on the time of transfer and is now with the African development Bank such as
CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP OF THE FUND and CERTIFICATE OF THE FUND ORIGIN which
the bank will release to you according to my late husband instruction as soon as
you have contact the bank for the fund release.

 

This is in fulfillment of the last request of my husband: that a
substantial part of the fund be used to carter for the less privileged. If this
condition is acceptable to you, you should get back to me immediately with your
full names and contact information as indicated below so that i will use your
contact to write to my bank here immediately to inform them that my appointed
next of kin will contact them for an immediate release of the fund so that they
will be ready waiting for you to contact them.

 

I will also ask our family lawyer to prepare an authorization letter that
will give you the right of next of kin to the deposited fund with the bank. I
will also give you a letter of release which you will fill and send to the bank
for the release of the fund. I cannot predict what will be my fate by the time
the fund will be transferred into your account, but you should please ensure
that the fund is used as i have described above.

 

Kindly send your information immediately as stated below and call me
through my private doctor on his direct telephone number so that he will inform
me that you have send me the information for further process, this is because I
cannot be able to speak on phone at this time due to my present condition at
this time. I have let him know everything about this project as he will assist
you here for the transfer process; His number is +229 95 88 65
44, or contacts me on my private Email on:cynthialug_1001@hotmail.fr

 

 

1. Your Full Name/ Full Address
2. Your Age/ Sex
3. Your Marital
Status
4. Your Occupation
5. Your Mobile Numbers

 

 

Thank you and May God bless you.

Mrs.Cynthia Lug.

 



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