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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: <enda_vincent@voila.fr>
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2013 12:48:45 -0500
Subject: North Perth Arts: Visual Artists Directory


Dearest Beloved Friend , Please accept my apologies for the
inconveniences of any sort this email May caused you as you read this
mail don't feel sorry for me, because it is the destiny of everybody to
die someday.I am Mrs. Edna Vincent married to Late Mr Stanley Vincent
who was a contractor with the government and Cocoa exporter to all part
of the world before his death. Before the death of my husband he
informed me that he deposited the sum of $3.1M USD with a Bank for
investment purpose abroad in case anything should happen to him.
Presently this money is still in the custody of the Bank. For period of
time now i have been seriously sick and my Doctor told me that it is
very likely that i might die within the next 6 months due to A Blood
cancer {Leukemia}. It has defiled all forms of medical treatment, and
right now I have only about a few months to live,according to medical
experts. Having known my condition I decided to donate this money to
church or better still a Christian individual that will utilize this
money the way I am going to instruct here since i don't have any child
for my late husband. I want a church or individual that will use this
money for churches, orphanages and widows and to ensure that the house
of God is maintained. The Bible made us to understand that blessed is
the hand that giveth. I took this decision because I don't have any
child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are not
Christians and I don't want my husband's hard earned money to be misused
by unbelievers and wicked brothers of my late husband. I don't want
situation where this money will be used in an ungodly manner, hence the
reason for taking this bold decision. After the funeral of my beloved
late husband, his entire family pushed me out from my matrimonial home
and confiscated all my husband's properties.The only inheritance I have
from my husband now is a deposit $3.1M USD which he made in a bank which
none of the family members knows nothing about it. As soon as I receive
your reply I shall instruct the bank to release the money to you. God
bless you. Yours beloved sister in Lord. Mrs. Edna Vincent.

Click the following to access the sent link:
North Perth Arts: Visual Artists Directory
<http://www.northpertharts.ca/NorthPerthArts/detail.aspx?dt=&app=118&cat
1=377&tp=2&lk=no>

source: North Perth Arts (http://www.northpertharts.ca/NorthPerthArts/)


*(The Email address of the sender has not been verified.)


*This article can also be accessed if you copy and paste the entire
address below into your web browser.
http://www.northpertharts.ca/NorthPerthArts/detail.aspx?dt=&app=118&cat1
=377&tp=2&lk=no

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